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Congolese musician Koffi Olomide who arrived in Kenya on Friday was deported Saturday morning before he could perform. PHOTO: STANDARD
NAIROBI: Congolese musician Koffi Olomide was Saturday morning deported to Kinshasa, DR Congo after being arrested Friday night.
Olomode was sent back to his home country via a Kenya Airways flight that left the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 11:35am after he spent the night at the JKIA police cell. The flight was scheduled to touch down in Kinshasa shortly after 1pm.
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