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Kenya’s mafia-style bank heists of the 90s

KCB Thika stolen 50 million shillings November20, 2017 [David Gichuru, Standard]

Twenty years ago, six sharply dressed armed gangsters swaggered into a Nairobi bank and after five minutes, they casually walked out with Sh96 million stuffed in three gunny bags without firing a single shot.

At the time, this was a staggering amount that could be ten-fold now, going by the current inflationary rate.

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