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Six members of the Kenyan parliament and a businessman have been named for having links to drug trade in the east African country.
Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Ali Hassan Joho, William Kabogo, Harun Mwau, Gideon Mbuvi, Simon Mbugua and Eugene Wamalwa together with a tycoon from the port city of Mombasa, Ali Punjani, are being interrogated for alleged involvement in drug trafficking, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A few months ago, the US ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger said Washington had banned several high profile Kenyan officials from visiting the United States on the grounds of their involvement in drug trade.
However, he did not mention the names and only indicated that some of them were parliamentarians and one was a deputy minister.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said that he had earlier received the dossier containing the names of the lawmakers.
However, he refused to disclose the names to let authorities keep the matter under control.
The Kenyan prime minister revealed that a task force had been set up to deal with the issue and investigations were ongoing.
Odinga said the probe would probably take two months as it would involve cross border investigations.
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Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Ali Hassan Joho, William Kabogo, Harun Mwau, Gideon Mbuvi, Simon Mbugua and Eugene Wamalwa together with a tycoon from the port city of Mombasa, Ali Punjani, are being interrogated for alleged involvement in drug trafficking, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A few months ago, the US ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger said Washington had banned several high profile Kenyan officials from visiting the United States on the grounds of their involvement in drug trade.
However, he did not mention the names and only indicated that some of them were parliamentarians and one was a deputy minister.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said that he had earlier received the dossier containing the names of the lawmakers.
However, he refused to disclose the names to let authorities keep the matter under control.
The Kenyan prime minister revealed that a task force had been set up to deal with the issue and investigations were ongoing.
Odinga said the probe would probably take two months as it would involve cross border investigations.
MP/AGB/AKM
