The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has weighed in on the cases that led to the conviction of the Akashas brothers, who ran a drug-trafficking enterprise.
Mr Odinga held the view that had the cases against the brothers been conducted in Kenya, they would still be free men. The former prime minister used their case to highlight how broken the Kenyan criminal justice system is something that President Uhuru also touched a few weeks ago.
He revealed how law enforcement officers used to guard their houses yet they were facing charges of peddling drugs.
"Now, for example, this case of the Akashas, if they were here they would still be free men. The police were actually protecting the Akasha brothers. I have seen police in front of their houses in Mombasa. They are taken to the US and within no time they have confessed and mentioned names of people they were bribing including in the Judiciary Raila Odinga said. (13:18-13:45)
The Akasha brothers were extradited to the United States of America where they were tried by that country's criminal justice system, found guilty and sentenced to 25 years behind bars after confessing to their crimes.
Ibrahim Akasha, one of the brothers, was jailed a few weeks ago to over 30 years for trafficking drugs into the US. At the time, the brothers were surrendered by the Kenyan government, as their cases were lagging in Kenyan courts.