Name, shame public funds looters

In the past few weeks, command agriculture has taken centre stage, either with government officials putting on a brave face saying it will succeed or reports that inputs are finding their way onto the black market, where they are corruptly sold.

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The country has had several such schemes before, not least the ill-fated Operation Maguta, and it is not clear why the government insists on such programmes, which always result in failure.

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