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| Uganda’s coffee was smuggled via Lake Victoria in small boats. |
By Joseph Karimi
Kenya: Under the cover of darkness, Kenyan traders rolled in money, thanks to Ugandan ‘black gold’. Hundreds of Nairobi and Mombasa business tycoons invaded Kisumu town in 1976 to scramble for a share of Uganda’s coffee smuggled via Lake Victoria in small boats.
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