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Goldenberg ghosts haunt, 24 years later

The ghosts of Kenya's 24-year-old mega scandal, the Goldenberg scam, have refused to go away and often resurface to haunt Kenyans.

Goldenberg still remains arguably the country's biggest scandal, where Kenyans lost Sh5.8 billion in what was found to be the fictitious export of gold, in a scheme that was crafted to appear as if Kenya would earn hard currency.

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