The making of Kenya's first maize import scandal

Bags of Maize at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) warehouse in Nakuru on March 15, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

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.