The attorney-general has denied a claim that drug dealer Ibrahim Abdalla Akasha paid school fees for his children. Mr Amos Wako described the allegation, by a witness in the tribunal investigating Appeal Court judge Philip Waki, as untrue and baseless. In a letter to the tribunal's chairman, Mr Justice Akilano Akiwumi, the AG also denied having protected Mr Akasha against criminal prosecutions. The letter was received and stamped by the tribunal on April 28, a day after Mombasa businessman Khurshid Ahmed Butt made the allegation. [continues 317 words]
Nairobi - Murdered drug dealer Ibrahim Akasha was closely linked with former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, a tribunal heard. Mr Akasha's former househelp and driver, Mr Festus M'Buri, said the then President was the only person associated with Mr Akasha in Zambia. The alleged relationship dated back to early 1990's when Mr Akasha carried out transport business from Tanzania to Zambia. The business was later linked to drug trafficking. Mr M'Buri told the tribunal inquiring into the conduct of suspended Appeal Court judge Philip Waki that, Mr Akasha occasionally visited President Kaunda at State House in Zambia. [continues 282 words]
