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Sh4.5bn maize import that never was

State Department for Agricultural Research and Crops Development PS Hamadi Boga when he appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee on audit queries at Parliament. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

 

Taxpayers lost Sh4.5 billion in questionable maize imports executed by top government officials in collusion with well-connected maize millers, it has emerged.

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