Kenyan Politician Detained in Burundi over Drug Trafficking Allegations
Kenyan politician and businessman Joseph Mboya Nyamuthe is being detained in Burundi over drug trafficking allegations.
Reports indicate that Mboya, who is the son of former Moi-era Permanent Secretary Hezekiah Oyugi, is being held in solitary confinement.
The businessman moved to Burundi in 2019 and set up a pharmaceutical company that was officially launched by then President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Mboya was arrested and detained in April this year after his company was accused of importing and exporting illegal drugs.
This followed the arrest of a Turkish national in Bujumbura in March ferrying narcotics. Mboya was apprehended alongside some top government officials in connection with narcotics trade in the landlocked nation.
His company is alleged to have been used to ship drugs to Burundi through Somalia in the guise of ferrying medicine to Burundi forces on peacekeeping missions.
Sources told Nation that President Kenyatta steered clear of Mboya’s detention during Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s official visit to Kenya last month, saying he should pay for his wrongdoings.
Contacted for comment on Mboya’s arrest and detention, government spokesperson Col Cyrus Oguna said he is not aware of the matter.
“I have no knowledge of his whereabouts,” Oguna said.
Mboya had expressed interest in running for the Rwangwe parliamentary seat in the next year’s elections.
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Lock him up. He is…
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Lock him up. He is destroying the lives of so many young people with drugs.
Exactly! These leaders and…
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Exactly! These leaders and their families have no sympathy for the children of the electorate that saw them get elected to the positions of power. Bure kabisa!
Keep him in Burundi until he…
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Keep him in Burundi until he tells who he is trafficking drugs for! The helicopter belongs to DP Ruto.
The murderer’s son will be…
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The murderer’s son will be saved by BBI.
He needs to call JOHO, SONKO…
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He needs to call JOHO, SONKO, MWAU, KABOGO AND KIBAKI'S KINS to ask for advice.
Kinachozunguka mzunguko,…
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Kinachozunguka mzunguko, hurejea mzunguko huo huo. Ukimtendea na kuwatendea maovu wengineo, kiasi cha kuua, kuvyonza na kumumunya mali na rasilmali yaliokusudiwa kuyaboresha maisha ya wachochole, ewalla! Malipo ni hapa hapa. Hata kama itakuchukua hadi vizazi vya nne, ghadhabu, ahadi, mijaledi na timizo na Maulana lipo tu. Kama ilivyokuwa vitendo vya waliokuwa Wakuu wa Mikoa wa enzi ya Maiti Moi, kama vile maiti Nyachae, Mathenge, Kaguthi, Bore, Mahihu, Chelangat, David Musila, Yusuf Hajji na wengine, Hezekiel Oyugi walimwaga damu ya shujaa Robert Ouko bila huruma bila kusita. Wakati miaka na miongo inavyoendelea kuzunguka na kupita, visa na visanga vya wote waliotumiwa na Moi kuwadhuru Wakenya iaja iarejea. Mradi tu nikungojea kwa hali na ghamu wakati huo ufike. Mjukuu wa Moi yuko kidimbani, mwanawe Hezekiah Oyugi ndio huyu anyolewa bila maji. Watakaofuata siku zijazo ni wanao Ole Ntimama, mkamilifu Biwott, Bargetuny, JJ Kamotho, kaa ngumu kama Ngumo, Gideon Moi, Kalonzo Musyoka, Mulinge, Mulu Mutisya, Charles Njonjo, nk. Ulacho chako, kilicho chako, wakati upo, unalinda heshimu na hadhi sio tu yako, lakini yako wewe na watakaokufuata. Diposa twamkumbuka kwa majivuno hayati Wangari Maathai na Nelson Mandera kwa utu wa kinamna, huku wakiweka maslahi ya wengi mbele bila kuchoka.
Paying for the sins of his…
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Paying for the sins of his father. Ouko inquiry heard that his dad hit Ouko with a walking stick and injured his left leg....
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