Ethanol smugglers back with a bang as officials turn a blind eye

A consignment of 40,000 litres of ethanol intercepted by police in Kajiado County in October 2014. KRA officials are on the spot for clearing such cargo [Peter Githaiga, Standard]

Two blue trucks crossed the Kenyan border at Isebania from Tanzania on January 11. They were loaded with bags of cereals coming into the country.

Cereals are a normal consignment into Kenya, especially when the country is facing maize shortage as has been the case in the last six months. A tired border official would easily wave them on, given the number of trucks that cross the border daily. This was not that day.