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Diplomat faces probe over Sh5b Anglo Leasing bribe claim

A Geneva court wants former Swiss ambassador to Kenya Jacques Pitteloud investigated over claims he demanded a Sh5.5 billion bribe to stop Anglo Leasing cases.

This was after businessmen Deepak Kamani and his brother Rashmi Kamani filed a complaint before the Federal Prosecutor in May 2015 claiming Pitteloud attempted to force them into giving him the money.

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