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Chaos and protests as Mombasa seize sugar from shops and traders

There was a confrontation between police and traders in Bondeni when five officers seized a consignment of sugar being offloaded from a truck.

A standoff that lasted for six hours ensued on Saturday when the traders were joined by residents to try to stop police from seizing the 600 bags of sugar.

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