More heat than light as President sets mole hill of contraband goods ablaze

An earth mover crushes impounded vehicles in Athi River, Machakos County. President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire on an assortment of contraband and illegal goods worth billions of shillings yesterday. [Erastus Mulwa, Standard]

The destruction of an assortment of contraband and illegal goods worth billions of shillings was witnessed by President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday left more questions than answers.

Although huge heaps of bags containing illegal sugar, rice, alcohol, pharmaceutical drugs, electricals, roofing materials and other household consumables went up in flames at the East African Portland Cement factory in Machakos, a closer scrutiny of dozens of motor vehicles towed to the open field for crushing left a lot to be desired.