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'Drug lords funding political campaigns in Kenya'

NAIROBI: The latest US State Department report on international narcotics trafficking describes Kenya as a significant transit country for a variety of drugs including Southwest Asian heroin and South American cocaine.

And in a chilling revelation, the report says that drug barons use their dirty money to fund political campaigns, buy influence with government officials, law enforcement officers, politicians and the media.

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