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Gold smuggling thrives on the Egypt-Sudan border, driven by conflict, demand, and organized crime.

Kenya plans to restrict the export of some minerals in raw form after the ongoing construction of processing plants is completed, a move that portends a major policy shift aimed at maximising earnings for the government and communities.

The Ministry of Mining says gold, gemstones and granite will be the first batch of minerals to be exported after value addition.

Official data indicates that most of the 1,400 tonnes of goods that still pass through Kisumu port are from Uganda and Tanzania after Kenyan traders cut their usage of the facility to only 30 per cent of throughput.

Erad Supplies told the court that storage costs incurred between September 2004 and January 2005 were based on invoices of $1,146,000 from Chelsea Freight, a company based in South Africa.