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Traders lose betting profits as their machines are burnt

Kakamega County Commissioner Abdirizak Jaldesa (right) and County Commandant Johana Tanui (left) during the burning of 83 gambling machines impounded by the police in the crackdown of illegal business. [Duncan Ocholla/Standard]

More than 600 illegal gambling machines have been seized and destroyed by police in various towns.

In Kakamega, 83 machines were burnt yesterday at Rosterman dumpsite while another 30 were seized in Mumias town and its environs.

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