The handshake is slowly taking thing to the a level Kenyans are not becomingly not happy with. To many the handshake was to bring peace and unite Kenyans. However the unity being experienced seems to be favoring a few vices and hammering others.
Cabinet Secretaries and a controversial governor are among more than 10 prominent Kenyans that the US Department of Justice is investigating over allegations of taking bribes from the notorious Akasha drug family.
The 10 are what a local judicial source described as “most culpable”, although many more have been mentioned in the documents exchanged between Kenyan and American law enforcement agencies.
In what is shaping up to become one of the biggest transnational narcotics investigations in recent times, local prosecutors are preparing to deal with requests from their US counterparts, Nation sources said.
Three Orange Democratic Movement lawmakers have dared politicians who have evidence that can link Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho with the Akasha brothers to step forward.
Speaking at Paliament buildings on Wednesday, MPs Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir (Mvita), Babu Owino (Embakasi East) and Mishi Mboko (Likoni) defended Governor Joho against critics.
“We are daring them if they have any evidence to provide to the police,” Abdulswamad stated.
“If they are afraid of the police they can talk to you (media) so that you can talk to the police that governor Joho is involved in any illegality,” he added.
U.S connections
Abdulswamad said that Joho has been travelling to the United States since Mombasa County has partnerships with the City of Seattle in America.
The presser comes days after Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa accused Governor Joho of being behind her tribulations in the ODM party.
The vocal legislator is facing disciplinary action in ODM for supporting DP William Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid.
Political temperatures have been rising in Malindi after the ODM National Executive Council adopted disciplinary committee report recommending the expulsion of Jumwa and Suleiman Dori (Msambweni).
The fate of the two MPs now lies with the party’s National Governing Council after NEC adopted the decision to kick them out of the party last week on Thursday.
“I will deal with you and not the dogs you send here in Malindi to insult me. I will deal with the master, not the messenger. We respect the ODM party and its leadership but we do not respect you (Joho) because you don’t respect yourself,’’ she said.
Is Joho related to drug trafficking?