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Thirty years later, multi-billion shilling Goldenberg scandal still a riddle wrapped in a mystery

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Deepark Kamani, former head of debt management at the Treasury David Onyonka and former PS Interior, Dave Mwangi, at a Milimani court. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

It is Winston Churchill who, 84 years ago, described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". He went on to say Russia plays by "own rules usually to the detriment of those who choose more open regulations."

To the people of Ukraine - and many other people of goodwill - Churchill's description rings true today as it did at the time he lived.

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