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Uhuru burnt Ivory worth $105 million but who pioneered the trade in Kenya?

Uhuru burnt Ivory worth $105 million but who pioneered the trade in Kenya?

On Saturday, April 30 2016, Uhuru Kenyatta burnt elephant ivory and rhino horns worth $105 million. However, who exactly started the ivory trade? Exerpts of the article below written by Jared Odero for KSB may throw light on the main criminals who pioneered the ivory trade in Kenya. Links to illegal trade in Ivory and forced Kenyatta shares in companies In May 2011, a staff reporter at “investmentnewskenya.com” wrote that an American news magazine noted in 1979 that the Kenyatta family estate was worth $200 million. In a recent report by Kenya’s Citizen TV, the family’s wealth was more that…
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Kenyans Sleep Hungry and are Less Confident with Uhuru Kenyatta’s Presidency

Mr. Okoth Osewe’s recent article at the Kenya Stockholm Blog calling for Kenyan civil servants to down their tools if forced to have a salary cut was timely, given the current push by President Uhuru Kenyatta to reduce the public wage bill. Interestingly, he and Deputy President William Ruto have decided to take a 20% salary cut each and have ordered Cabinet secretaries and parastatal heads to follow suit. But the big question is: Will the move improve the overall wellbeing of Kenyans? Definitely not, because Kenyan politicians and senior State officers are so greedy and corrupt they will always…
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