Kenyan police yesterday seized 100 million shillings, or $1.15 million, worth of ivory, the largest haul ever recorded.

The 2 tons of ivory was in transit from Rwanda and Tanzania to Indonesia when authorities found it.

"We fail to understand where one gathers the courage to park such enormous quantities of ivory, hoping that they can slip through our security systems," said Kiberenge Seroney, the port's police officer in charge of criminal investigations (Akwiri/Macharia, Reuters, Jan. 15). -- MM