{{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.}}
The consignment, reportedly originating from Uganda was intercepted in Mombasa while waiting to be shipped for Port Klanga, West Port Ehsan in Malaysia.
Bajje Investments consignment is said to have used Giesenya Freight Logistics Ltd of Nairobi as the clearing agent.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NMG
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