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Gold smuggling official buried

Legislators from the rift valley have demanded speedy and conclusive investigations into the killing of a senior Kenya Revenue Authority, KRA officer. MPs William Cheptumo and Sammy Mwaita from Baringo say powerful and well-connected individuals planned the killing of Mr Joseph Cheptarus. The KRA official, who was investigating the movement of 2.5 tonnes of illegally mined gold, was shot outside his home in Nairobi’s South C estate last Saturday.
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