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Very vague. Wonder what they were really doing?

I worked for a USAID funded company once. On the surface they were doing satellite imagery analysis for agriculture. Want to know what they were really doing? Identifying prime agricultural land in Kenya to help the Kenyan government seize it from poor farmers.

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This is an astonishing allegation. Can you substantiate any part of it?

And you went through the correct channels to notify USAID that their funds were being misused, providing sufficient evidence, right?

This was the intended use for those funds.

So USAID was aiding foreign states in strategically stealing land from its citizens? That was the goal of the program?

They didn't call it stealing, but yes. Google "Kenyan land seizure" for plenty of articles about it. The Kenyan government was particularly interested in Ogiek land, but it wasn't limited to them. It isn't much of a secret at this point. Kenya is by no means unique, USAID funds many such programs around the world. Or at least did.

This is an astonishing allegation. Can you substantiate any of it?

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