Two sons of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha on Wednesday pleaded guilty to six counts of drug trafficking in a New York Court.
Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha appeared in the Southern District of New York where Kenya’s anti-narcotics chief Amisi Massa was present.
The two alongside Pakistani national Gulam Hussein and Indian national Vijaygiri Goswami were extradited to the US in January 2017 after being arrested in Mombasa.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Kenya (DCI Kenya) took to the internet to post about the prosecution that happened in the US.
According to the DCI , the two pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, corruption to defeat extradition and conspiracy to use guns to facilitate their drug trafficking business.
#GuiltyAsCharged: The Akasha brothers; Baktash Akasha and Ibrahim Akasha today pleaded guilty to six counts of Drug Trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York.The @DCI_Kenya Director of #AntiNarcoticsUnit had assembled a water tight case in partnership with @UNODC pic.twitter.com/OtsmaJjofR
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 24, 2018
The DCI said that the Director of Anti Narcotics Unit personally flew to the US having diligently prepared the case&managed to have the two accused persons plead guilty to Drug Trafficking charges,Corruption to defeat extradition & Conspiracy to use guns to facilitate their Drug Trafficking business.
The Director #AntiNarcoticsUnit personally flew to the USA having diligently prepared the case&managed to have the two accused persons plead guilty to Drug Trafficking charges,Corruption to defeat extradition & Conspiracy to use guns to facilitate their Drug Trafficking business. pic.twitter.com/3Bmr41e0cj
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 24, 2018
However, the post has stirred the internet with Kenyans on twitter trolling the DCI Kenya for failing to prosecute the two drug barons in the case they had started against them in Mombasa.
They have told off the DCI Kenya for alleging that the Anti Narcotic Unit director flew to the US to tackle the water tight case, which they failed to tackle while in Kenya.
Just wondering why their prosecution in Kenya was unsuccessful…… pic.twitter.com/ICvr9lTvDI
— Enonda (@Enonda3) October 25, 2018
They say the drug barons pleaded guilty in the US and not Kenya, adding that they could be free by now if they were to be prosecuted in Kenya.
Kenyans have also argued that the judicial service in Kenya has failed, following many cases that have recently not been handled to people’s satisfaction.
They also cited recent loss of files for cases in courts as a major failure.
Here are some of their reactions.
Water tight case my foot, those people were found guilty coz of the US investigative, prosecution and judicial systems not @DCI_Kenya You couldn’t even arrest them in Kenya, how many murders happening right in Nairobi have you managed to crack???
— Allen_Justice, Nyakach Hon, Esq (@Arllence) October 25, 2018
Why is justice elusive when it comes to homeland cases
— myk angaya (@MykAngaya) October 24, 2018
If you’re good at what you do, reveal ALL the names the Akashas gave up as part of their plea deal.
You never will. Only SDNY Feds will.
— Kisame (@KiziriiW) October 25, 2018
If the case was in Kenya u could have lost bcz of corruption in courts
— omari rajab (@omaharaj) October 25, 2018