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A flurry of letters, telegrams and foreign visits by high-level government officials heralded the making of one of Kenya's first scandals.
Although there were no tweets or emails, the snail mail and long-distance calls caused the delay in the importation of maize from America, leading to starvation in parts of the country.
After waiting for months for the 200,000 bags of yellow maize, the chairman of the Maize Marketing Board Ronald Ngala poured his frustrations in a letter dated March 15, 1965.
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