FBI sleuths return stolen hyena sculpture to Kenyan couple after five years of searching

Outgoing US ambassador Robert Godec (right) hands over the recovered sculpture to owner Tim Nicklin. [Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

A hyena sculpture stolen from Kenya five years ago was returned to its owners yesterday.

The sculpture was stolen from a private house in Nairobi’s Runda estate in 2013 and was recovered in 2017 after a five-year hunt by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.