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Kenya returns gold, Sh15m seized at JKIA to Tanzania

President Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli on July 6, 2019 in Tanzania. It during that meeting that the deal to return the stash was agreed. [File]

Top Kenyan government officials Wednesday flew to Tanzania with 35.3 kilos of gold worth about Sh168 million and handed it to President Pombe Magufuli.

The officials also handed over Sh15 million that was recovered from a suspect who was arrested with the gold at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in February 2018.

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