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Businessman who landed Governor Hassan Joho inside police cells speaks out

Supporters of Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho outside Police Headquarters in Mombasa County after reports that the governor and other leaders had been arrested last weekend.

Ibrahim Aharub Kharti, the businessman whose arrest made Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho storm a police station, has blamed politics for his woes.

Mr Kharti's detention after a dramatic arrest at his Ganjoni home in Mombasa led to the brief detention of Governor Joho after the county chief, accompanied by three MPs, went to the police station demanding his release.

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