Due process protections, the rule of law and Kenya’s sovereignty were violated in the transfer of the four drug-trafficking defendants to the US, argued Mr Arshack. Mr Baktash Akasha, Mr Ibrahim Akasha, Mr Goswami and Pakistani Gulam Hussein are being held without bail at a jail in New York City. MOVED ASIDEAfter a lengthy exchange, Mr Ombeta moved aside and asked Mr Wajackoya to speak. Mr Wajackoya said he was making the press statement as a lawyer representing Mr Hussein. “I have been the lawyer for Mr Gulam Hussein and I wanted to hold the government accountable for the extradition of the suspects,” said Mr Wajackoya.

Source: Daily Nation February 02, 2017 21:50 UTC