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Parliament wants Sh6b Uhuru maize subsidy scheme probed

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Former President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Members of Parliament have invited the DCI to investigate the Sh6.3 billion maize flour subsidy programme initiated under the reign of former President Uhuru Kenyatta.

A report tabled in the House this week by the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Agriculture has established that most of the flour said to have been distributed under the program could not be traced.

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