Kenya: Famine: Scandal of Illegal Maize Export

11 August 2004

Nairobi — The scandal of how the illegal sale of part of Kenya's food reserves led to the current famine is exposed today.

So much maize was sold off cheaply for export two years ago that it led to the current crisis, a new report reveals.

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