A KENYAN human trafficker has been jailed for attempting to sell an Albino man to Witch doctors. Nathan Mutei, 28, Pleaded guilty to abduction and human trafficking.He was sentenced to 17 years in Prison and a fine of over $50,000 {£32,000} by a magistrates court in TANZANIA. Police reportedly said they arrested Mutel just outside the town of Mwanza in a sting operation,disguising themselves as businessmen in the Albino trade.They snared Mutei when he tried to sell Robinson Mkwana,a fellow kenyan,for more than $250,000{£160,200}.Mkwana spoke of how Mutei lured him with job offers whilst bargaining with witch doctors who would have had him killed.He said: 'he told me there were jobs in Kenya. But he just wanted to trade me in.'In TANZANIA, witch doctors use Albino bodies and bones in potions they tell clients will endow them with health,beauty or riches.The trade has claimed dozens of victims,and has spread to neighbouring Burundi, where 11 have been killed in the past year and communities of Albinos have been frightened into hiding.Of 170,000 Albinos in TANZANIA,at least 53 have been killed since 2007.Authorities in the country have said they will clamp down on traffickers,sentencing several people to death in connection with the murders. Mutei's imprisonment has been taken as a sign that authorities are combating the trade.the secretary general of the TANZANIA Albino Society,Zihada Ali Msembo,said: 'We are happy with the quick conclusion of the trial,because these cases have been dragging on for too long.'However, there was some disappointment that Mutei's jail terms will run concurrently,meaning he will only serve nine years behind bars. Msembo said:'This man should have been sentenced to life in prison because he knew very well that this poor Albino he was trying to sell would have been BUTCHERED.'
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