Who could be in the recent report in the drug trafficking syndicate exposed by akasha brothers?
On DECEMBER 2010 Internal Security Minister George Saitoti named Six Members of Parliament and a Mombasa tycoon in connection with the drugs trade.
Internal Security Minister George Saitoti informed the House that MPs Ali Hassan Joho (Kisauni), William Kabogo (Juja), Harun Mwau (Kilome) and Gideon Mbuvi alias Mike Sonko (Makadara) and Mombasa tycoon Ali Punjani were being investigated for alleged drug trafficking.
MPs had demanded to know who among them was being investigated over allegations of being drug barons.
Though the Internal Security Minister had tabled the document, it was not immediately accepted by Speaker Kenneth Marende, who said he would investigate its authenticity first. Mr Kabogo was adamant the report was from the American embassy.
He said Prime Minister Raila Odinga had confirmed he had the same dossier in his possession. But Mr Marende ruled the dossier would not be available to MPs until this afternoon when he will rule whether it is admissible.
The names were in a US embassy dossier which ambassador Michael Ranneberger had given to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission.
After the arrest of the Akasha brothers and pleading guilty to drug trafficking , they went ahead and named individuals who worked along them to facilitate the drug trade.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is reportedly looking for at least 13 prominent Kenyans who were named as accomplices by notorious drug-traffickers – the Akasha brothers.
The People Daily on Monday reported that Baktash Akasha Abdalla and Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla, who recently pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in a US court, had incriminated powerful government officials and businessmen who aided them in their illegal trade.
However Chief Justice David Maraga has refuted the claims and asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to unmask individuals behind social media campaigns “aimed at recklessly besmirching the reputation of officers in the Judiciary”.
Akasha used to house Coast PCIO late Edwin Nyasenda in one of his houses in Diani among those used to hide drugs. When anti Narcotics police raided one they were SODOMISED. He later bought Nyasenda house in Donholm when he became Commissioner of Police. Who are judicial officers? pic.twitter.com/5OOqM4yLyJ
— Blamuel Njururi (@NjururiBlamuel) November 5, 2018
Justice Maraga said reports linking the officers to corrupt deals of the Akasha family are malicious.
“We find the reports unacceptable because they have the potential to demoralise the officers and undermine the administration of justice in the country,” Justice said in the letter to DCI boss George Kinoti.
Justice Chacha Mwita was my classmate and I have know him since then…as a judge he served on in Kakamega and Nairobi…. pic.twitter.com/5a6lSl3uqf
— Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC (@ahmednasirlaw) November 5, 2018
Mr Maraga said Justice Chacha Mwita, who is accused of receiving bribes from Baktash and Abdulsalam Akasha, has never worked in Mombasa or Malindi, Kilifi County where their drug trafficking cases were being heard.
“Even his private practice before he joined the Judiciary never took him to those places. We, therefore, find the link to the Akasha case malicious and obviously intended to intimidate the judge and thus influence his decisions in other cases,” the Chief Justice added.
Mr Maraga also cited the criticism levelled at Justice Dora Chepkwony, saying her role in the Akasha case was very minimal.
The President of the Judiciary said it was clear there are people behind the social media campaigns against the judiciary, requesting Mr Kinoti to unearth them fast and facilitate their prosecution.
“As we have said before, we do not condone corruption but to have our judicial officers recklessly besmirched is unacceptable,” the Chief Justice said.
He urged the DCI chief to provide the Judiciary with information of corruption involving judiciary officers after reports from the US indicated that the Akasha brothers had confessed to have bought their freedom by compromising members of some judges, lawyers and police officers.