{{A joint team of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) the local police, International Police and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) are investing a company, Bajje Investments Uganda Ltd that is said to have been exporting a container of ivory to Malaysia.}}<\/p>\n
The consignment, reportedly originating from Uganda was intercepted in Mombasa while waiting to be shipped for Port Klanga, West Port Ehsan in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Bajje Investments consignment is said to have used Giesenya Freight Logistics Ltd of Nairobi as the clearing agent. <\/p>\n
Dr Andrew Seguya, the UWA executive director, told the Daily Monitor in a telephone conversation yesterday that the team is investigating individuals connected to the container, including the exporting company and clearing agent before drawing any conclusion.<\/p>\n
According to a statement posted on the KWS website, the ivory, which was stashed in 69 bundles of several pieces, had been disguised as sun dried fish maws, which has a pungent smell intended to throw off sniffer dogs.<\/p>\n
Some bags had polished pieces of ivory while others had raw ivory. Export documents show that the consignment had entered Kenya from Uganda on June 12.<\/p>\n
The container arrived in Mombasa about two weeks ago and was parked at a petrol station in Jomvu in Mombasa until its entry into the port.<\/p>\n
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