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Comedy of errors in Kenya’s first high profile kidnapping

Abdul Karim Popat (centre) with Nairobi provincial CID officer Slim Ali after he was rescued by police officers.

By BEATRICE WAMUYU

Who are Kenya’s dumbest gangsters? The jury is still out. But a gang that kidnapped a Nairobi tycoon in 1998 could easily grab the top spot.

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