JUJA MP William Kabogo yesterday added a new twist to the drug trafficking saga when he told a parliamentary committee that there is a Cabinet minister who is dealing in drugs.
Kabogo revealed that the government blocked spies from the Netherlands from searching the house of the unnamed minister to investigate his involvement in drug trafficking.
The MP who was testifying before the Parliamentary Committee on the Administration of National Security, chaired by Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi, also accused the police of massive involvement in drug deals by covering up any move to have the truth known to the public.
The National Security Intelligence Service, the MP said, is part of the conspiracy to keep drug barons away from justice.
The legislator claimed that two administration policemen tasked to guard the 16 billion cocaine haul in 2006 died mysteriously and said that well known barons may have been behind their killings.
“It is clear that the National Security Intelligence Service knows very well the individuals involved in drug trafficking,” Kabogo said
He further claimed that the government had not destroyed the 1.1 tones of cocaine that had been intercepted in 2006.
Kabogo accused Planning assistant minister Peter Kenneth of being behind his recent troubles and the negative publicity he was receiving.
“Peter Kenneth harbours a vendetta against me and is probably behind the bad publicity I have recently faced,” the MP said.
“If you burn one tonne of cocaine or heroine everyone in the vicinity of Kibera will be high after inhaling fumes for two to three days,”Kabogo said.
Kabogo also accused US ambassador Michael Ranneberger of framing him and fabricating drug evidence to justify the establishment of a US Drug Enforcement Agency in Kenya.
He said the envoy has also been struggling to justify allegations he made against certain individuals that led to the closure of Charterhouse Bank.
Garsen MP Danson Mungatana wondered why the MP’s name featured in the drug story if he was innocent as he claimed.
“If you are this innocent then how come, of all the MPs, your name is featuring in this,” Mungatana posed.
On Tuesday the committee met Kisauni MP Hassan Joho who also denied involvement in drug trafficking.
Source: www.nairobistar.com
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