In the 1990s, Ibrahim Akasha built a vast empire on a mega-drug syndicate that used Kenya as a transit point. His legacy would pass to his children — along with his name.
His two sons are now serving sentences of more than two decades in the United States. But they are not the only criminal outfit to have exploited maritime channels to carry out illicit schemes.
Kenya has put up a fight in securing its waters against drug trafficking, territorial tensions and piracy. In October 2025, Sh 8.2 billion worth of narcotics were seized in a multi-agency operation along the Kenyan coastline.
