US-based lawyer Makau Mutua now wants judges, politicians, magistrates and other persons who were bribed by the Akasha’s to interfere with their drug trafficking case extradited to the US.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Makau said that Kenyans are eager to know the names of the officials behind the interference of the case. He asked whether the US government will name the officials in the case before they are taken there for them to face the charges levelled against them.
“The Akashas identified to US authorities Kenyan judges, police officers, prosecutors, and politicians they bribed before conviction for drug running in New York. Will those bribed be publicly identified and extradited for trial in the US? @ahmednasirlaw@USAmbKenya@DCI_Kenya,” he tweeted.
In November, three Kenyan Judges were put in the spot for fighting to ensure that drug lords Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim are not extradited. The names of the judges were, however, not made public.US Prosecutor Geoffrey Berman faulted the Kenyan judges for giving the suspects bail. He accused them of interfering with the probe.
“They paid bribes to Kenyan law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and at least three judges, and their scheme was successful for years. First, the defendant and his co-defendants were able to obtain bail, which allowed them to escalate their efforts to obstruct justice in the United States,” argued Berman during a past court hearing.