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Kenya's dumbest criminals: When crooks are clueless on how to spend the loot

A hole in which thugs used to access the bank.[Kamau Maichuhie,Standard]

The Wild West days, when stetson-wearing, gun-toting gangsters ruled dusty, windswept town, robbing banks and Welsfargo cash transfer trains, are long gone. Faded, too, are the memories of fabled criminals such as John Kiriamiti whose escapades populate paperbacks.

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