Bitter diplomatic row brewing between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates after “fake gold export” deal goes soar
By Samuel Abuya
The United Arab Emirates is at logger-heads with Kenya in what has been described as a bitter diplomatic row over claims of fake gold involving the UAE royal family and senior Kenya politicians.
Reliable reports indicate that the United Arab Emirates has written a letter to the Kenyan government demanding compensation of a watering $40,000,000 for all the loses that were incurred in the fake gold scam, a demand which has already put the two countries at logger heads.
The alleged letter was penned down after reports emerged that custom officials in Kenya at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) were holding a gold consignment that is said to be belonging to Ali Zandi, the owner of Zlivia, a businessman owning the Dubai-based gold trading company. The company is said to have connections with the royal family in Dubai.
Early reports, according to local and international news outlets, show that Zandi had agreed on a contractual deal with Kenyan politician and businessman Zaheer Jhanda, a Kenyan businessman who guaranteed the Dubai-based company of sourcing gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo and deliver it to them in Dubai.
Zandi would, later on, be informed that his gold was being held in Kenya at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, and was required to wire $2.5 million to have it released.
Months later, Zandi has not received the gold and it started becoming evident that he had been conned in the deal.
Implicated in the fake gold scam is senior Kenyan politician Moses Wetangula whose voice clip was played in recorded and shared on social media where it has attracted a lot of reaction from Kenyans who want to know what is really happening.
Also mentioned in the 23-tonne fake gold scam are Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Interior Cabinet Minister Fred Matiang’i.
The issue of people being conned over fake gold deals is not really new in Kenya. A few months ago, a Russian man was conned almost $200,000 in a dubious gold-buying scam that involved crooks at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
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