This archive report was first published on 24 July 2019.
On Wednesday, a Kenyan delegation led by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma delivered gold worth over Sh100 million to President John Magufuli of Tanzania at the country's State House.
The 35 kilograms of gold, which was impounded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in 2018, was seized from a 46-year-old Tanzanian national who was heading to Dubai.
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials had arrested the man on February 21st last year after he landed at JKIA from Mwanza via Kilimanjaro. The authorities also seized an invoice of $859,890 (Sh87 million) during the arrest.
President Magufuli received the consignment and praised the cooperation between the two countries in the fight against crime. He said, "This will not only promote the war against illegal trade between the two countries but also sends a strong message of cooperation in the fight against crime."
During the handing over ceremony, Magufuli received a phone call from President Uhuru Kenyatta and put him on a loudspeaker. Kenyatta said, "My brother, I say we continue working together and Kenya and Tanzania has no borders as we agreed. We should help one another to fight corruption and to return money stolen from our people so that we build roads and connect our people to electricity."
