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Ketan Somaia, whom a UK court convicted of obtaining money by deception, needs no introduction in Kenya. Somaia cut controversial deals and at one point he was a guest of the State at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
That was in 2005 when Somaia and his arch-business rival Kamlesh Pattni saw their pursuit of riches crumble in ignominy as they ended up in Kamiti. Earlier in August 2003, Somaia had been arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as he prepared to fly out of the country.
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