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A fierce rivalry between two Coast's prominent business moguls has erupted into a courtroom battle, as tycoon Abubakar Joho, popularly known as Abu, accuses a personal assistant to his longtime adversary, Mohamed Jaffer, of waging a malicious online smear campaign aimed at destroying his reputation and destabilising his family.
Abu, the elder brother of Mining Cabinet Secretary and former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, told a Mombasa court that defamatory content circulated online by Jaffer's aide was part of a sustained vendetta linked to competition in the lucrative port logistics and fertiliser sectors, industries in which both men have invested heavily for decades.
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