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Desperate farmers opt for private millers to buy their maize

Stacks of maize at the Eldoret National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot. [Kevin Tunoi/Standard]

Farmers in the North Rift region are now desperately selling their maize at throwaway prices after the government suspended buying of the produce by the cereal board.

The suspension follows the ongoing investigations on corruption allegations at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB).

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