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A vehicle believed to have been stolen from Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has been recovered near Naivasha, Kenya after five months of search by the police.
The dark blue Toyota Kluger was recovered on Thursday night at the Gilgil weighbridge. Two men found in the vehicle escaped on foot after officers from the Flying Squad, who trailed them from Murang’a, pulled them over.President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is said to have been tipped about the theft by his Ugandan peer, is said to have been constantly pushing the police to recover the vehicle. It was not clear if the vehicle is privately owned or part of the presidential convoy.

“Since December, we have been tracing this vehicle but our efforts failed because the registration numbers have been changed. We were under a lot of pressure,” a senior officer attached to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu road said.The vehicle bore Uganda registration numbers when it was reported missing five months ago. It has been fitted with new registration plates; SSD598M, which indicate it could have ‘originated’ from South Sudan.The officers towed the vehicle to the Nairobi Flying Squad offices, where vehicle experts are expected to analyse the chassis and engine numbers to confirm if the details match those provided by the Ugandan police.A police report on the incident seen by the Star stated that officers on patrol noted the vehicle near Gilgil.“A chase ensued and the suspects abandoned the vehicle along the highway and disappeared into the bush,” the report reads.On Friday, highly confidential sources familiar with the operation said officers from the Flying Squad received intelligence reports that the stolen vehicle had been spotted in Murang’a earlier in the week.This prompted a major operation. Officers were deployed to parts of Murang’a town.The sources who spoke strictly on condition of anonymity said police chiefs had been under intense pressure from President Kenyatta to recover the stolen vehicle.The source said police were now tracing two lorries stolen from Uganda around the same time as the vehicle and sold in Kenya.Police intelligence indicates that the two lorries could be in Murang’a or neighbouring Thika town.On Friday evening, Interpol officers from the National Central Bureau were called in to help with the investigations.The Interpol website does not have the latest statics on the number of stolen vehicles.On its website, it stated that it has records of 3.3 million vehicles reported stolen from 96 member countries since 2005.Last August, a vehicle believed to have been part of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s motorcade was recovered in Tanzania. Two suspects were arrested by the police.Also in 2014, a BMW, part of the presidential fleet, was intercepted in Bungoma after it was reported stolen in Utawala. Police suspect the vehicle was being driven to Uganda.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the-star.co.ke/amp/news/2019-04-20-stolen-museveni-car-found-in-gilgil/

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The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted to misuse of state funds and will have to pay $15,000 (£11,910).
Sara Netanyahu was accused of spending $99,300 on outside catering while falsely declaring there were no cooks available at the PM's residence.
She was charged with fraud and breach of trust last year.
Her lawyer said the case had nothing to do with her and said it was an attempt to bring down her husband.
Under a plea deal, Mrs Netanyahu will repay the state $12,490 and pay a fine of $2,777.

She will have a criminal record though the charges she faced were reduced, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Prosecutor Erez Padan said that the prosecution had made "significant concessions" that led to a "balanced and right plea deal." He said the compromise had saved the court from calling on 80 witnesses.
"The prosecution is aware there isn't full correlation between the sum and the criminal offence, however in the framework of the legal procedure, a full correlation is not obligatory," he said.
Last year, Mrs Netanyahu's lawyers argued that she had not been made aware of the procedures about outside catering and that the meals had been ordered by the household manager and served to visiting dignitaries.
Responding to the charges, Mr Netanyahu said in a statement: "Sara Netanyahu is a strong and honourable woman and there has never been any fault in her actions."
In 2016, a court awarded $47,000 in damages to a former housekeeper who accused Mrs Netanyahu of workplace abuse. The court accepted Meni Naftali's claim that he had been insulted and verbally abused.
Separately, Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing his own legal battles. The Israeli attorney general informed him in February that he intended to indict him on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases, pending a final hearing.
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The final hearing, at which the prime minister and his lawyers will be able to argue against the allegations, is scheduled to take place in October.
Mr Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and claimed that he is the victim of a political "witch-hunt".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48656471