The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a list of prominent Kenyans linked to the Akashas drug trafficking syndicate.
This comes a week after Akasha brothers – Baktash and Ibrahim – pleaded guilty to six counts of drug smuggling charges before a New York court.
The two are facing life imprisonment and a fine of up to Sh1 billion after they accepted the charges before commencement of trial.
In their plea deal with United States authorities, Ibrahim and Baktash are said to have revealed names of prominent persons involved in the narcotics business. They also agreed to surrender all cash and assets acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking.
Among those in the FBI list include four High Court judges, two serving Governors; one from the coast and another from North Eastern region, as well as a former Governor from Central Kenya region.
Also in the list is a prominent Nairobi businessman, former Cabinet minister, former senior police boss, a serving MP from Mt Kenya region, a former MP from North Eastern and a renowned human rights’ activist from the coast.
The FBI says the activist has also been heavily linked to another drug trafficking case by a South African-based businessman whom they collaborated.
The individuals could be arrested and flown to the US to face drug trafficking related charges as well as corruption.
The Akashas were arrested in Mombasa in January 2017 and later extradited to US where they were put under custody of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) personnel.
The Akasha family could lose nine expensive houses in the coast, high-end cars and assets estimated to be worth about Sh20 billion in Kenya and abroad.
I was waiting to read the…
I was waiting to read the names not the titles.
This could not have come at…
This could not have come at a better time when Kenya Airways has direct flights to JFK…these soon to be passagers/customers don’t need to plead their case to acquire visas at the embassy; hell, they won’t have to dig deep into their pockets to pay for the tickets. Theirs will be first class treatment. Lol
This is an example of…
This is an example of unethical journalism; whereby a misleading topic is being used as a bait to make us click! Mark-you, when you criticize Mwakilishi writers, they will not post your comment. Censorship.
You are right on point. Some…
You are right on point. Some comments I have written that are seemingly harmless, mwakilishi has failed to publish them. Does mwakilishi have writers? I thought they only reproduce articles from other sources.
So you think FBI got the…
So you think FBI got the names and shared with the public?
Name names or shurup
Name names or shurup
Nothing in this story…
Nothing in this story provide details about those named. This is pathetic reporting with a click bait heading. Are the names private. Was there a gag order from the court not to name the individuals publicly. Kenyans need to know and this story provides no details.
Be it my Uncle, Brother or…
Be it my Uncle, Brother or whoever: Haul them ALL to the US.
Thank you DEA. Thank you FBI…
Thank you DEA. Thank you FBI. These brothers met their match. Finally some people with real guts doing what our judicial system ought to have done. Kenyans ought to be ashamed of themselves. All the talk of cleaning up these mess but nothing concrete to show. Criminals are running the country. The fleecing of Kenyans is at its peak. You get into public service to steal as much as possible. There are no consequences. None. The government is totally being run by financial criminals. Every official is getting away with millions of public money and never see the inside of a jail. All talk. Maybe we should ask for the FBI to look into these monster financial crimes. We need their names to be made public. Our judicial system is completely compromised. The judges are corrupt as hell. All government institutions are infected with corruption. They should not be trusted to do any better for the mwananchi.
True to the core! What is…
True to the core! What is mind boggling is the fact that the same thieves will be re-elected again and again!
Drug BARONS;not thieves.
Drug BARONS;not thieves.
Thank you FBI……please…
Thank you FBI……please released the mentioned names and apprehend them ASAP. That way would be a setting example for the future drug cartels in Kenya as well as in Africa.
Please…please…..act now!
if u don’t have the names…
if u don’t have the names then no need of wasting our time and money pliz
No worries after a…
No worries after a conviction in the US, everything is public records. We can pretty much guess who they are but we’ll shash it coz judgment day is upon us. Dominos are falling and boy don’t we feel it?
When names come out you will…
When names come out you will hear the usual defense,”this is witch hunt orchestrated by my political enemies “.But they should be directed to FBI for the answers
Names plz
Names plz
Useless adticle without…
Useless adticle without names.amateurs
Imesemekana ya kwamba, kuna…
Imesemekana ya kwamba, kuna “wauza madawa ya kulevya” ambao wanafanya kazi kwenye serikali sasa. Kwa nini hatu hawa wanaruhusiwa kuendelea kufanya kazi na huku wanawauzia watu wa Kenya madawa ya kulevya?
Uhuru na Ruto wameshindwa kabisa kuitawala nchi ya Kenya, ikiwa wanahusiana na wanaouza madawa ya kulevya na kufanya kazi nao pamoja!