Kenya: Coffee Bags Turn Out to Be Sand After All

The Nation (Nairobi)
2 November 2007

Amina Kibirige
Nairobi

A consignment of coffee destined for US has turned out to be no more than sand.

The consignment from Uganda was discovered after it reached Mombasa.

Sift Track Transporting Company had been contracted to move the three containers of 21 tonnes each from Kampala to Mombasa to be exported to United States. But when the containers reached Mombasa on board three trucks, the management sought to verify the contents, only to discover that the containers were stuffed with bags full of sand.

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