Nandi Governor Stephen Sang has written to Interpol, Judiciary, Executive and other local security agencies seeking evidence on a defamatory case filed against him by his Mombasa counterpart Hassan Joho.
In the letter dated February 21, 2019, Governor Sang through his lawyer Danstan Omari, requested to know the details and ownership of a ship and a drug consignment that was destroyed by the government in 2014 in Mombasa.
“On or about 29th August 2014, the State under the supervision of the President, various Cabinet Secretaries, the Inspector General of Police blew up a luxury hatch referred to as Amin Darya or MV Alnoor that had been laden with 370.8 kilograms of heroin valued at KSh 1.3 billion, this was a bold move to declare war against drugs trafficking,” read the letter in part.
The letter which was copied to Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i (Interior), Raychelle Omamo (Defense), Inspector General Joseph Boinnet, Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti, International Central Bureau (Interpol), Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Office of the President, and Registrar of Judiciary, threw doubt into how the heroin consignment worth billions was handled and questioned why the identities of the owners have never been revealed.
This came after Joho wrote to Interpol seeking explanation on a fake document that was doing rounds online implicating him of being a drug lord.
However, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, the DCI head of investigations John Kariuki said Joho had no case to answer prompting Interpol to dismiss the letter and sent officers to investigate it.
Among those accused of peddling Joho's name include top Jubilee politicians; MPs Oscar Sudi (Kapseret), Kimani Ichung'wa (Kikuyu) and Nandi Governor Stephen Sang.