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Assistant Minister for Internal Security Orwa Ojode has said that Kilome MP Harun Mwau is not linked to drug trafficking.

Ojode said Mwau is infact not guilty of any crime at all as police records show no link or evidence linking him (Mwau) and any criminal acts.

Making a Ministerial statement in Parliament Wednesday November 16 2011, Ojode said police have zero evidence regarding the criminal acts that Mwau is alleged to have been involved in.

Ojode said police investigations showed there was also no link between Mwau and the Akasha family who are suspected drug traffickers.

Ojode went into details about containers that were shipped into and out of Kenya in 2004 and tabled various verification documents stating that the containers were stripped and cleared at the Port of Mombasa before being allowed inland.

He said the containers, which were shipped from Antwerp in Belgium, were found to contain personal effects such as household furniture.

The containers, he said, were then allowed inland and stored at Pepe container depot in Athi River. He said the depot is a customs area and is therefore a protected area.

Ojode said Kenya Revenue Authority, customs officials, CID, Kenya Bureau of standards and police were all involved in the verification of the contents of the controversial containers.

Ojode cleared Mwau of accusations that money was deposited into the controversial Charter House Bank on his behalf.

Regarding the relationship between Mwau and Juja MP William Kabogo, Ojode said Kabogo was not a son-in-law of Mwau.

In self-defence, Mwau said he had never been involved in any criminal activities let alone drug trafficking. He said there was nothing worse than for someone to label another a drug trafficker.

In response to questions by various MPs regarding police investigations into drug trafficking, Ojode said MPs should stop speculating on issues because drug trafficking was a serious crime that should not be taken lightly.

Ojode told Parliament that despite official inquiries, Kenya was yet to receive information that led to the naming of Mwau and businesswoman Naima Mohammed Nyakinyua (Mama Lela) as drug kingpins.

President Obama named Mwau and Nyakinyua as drug kingpins in June this year, a claim Mwau has denied.

In October Mwau alleged there was a plot to have him prosecuted at an international court over allegations of drug trafficking.

Mwau later stepped aside from his Cabinet post as police launched investigations into the claims.

Earlier in July, Foreign Affairs PS Patrick Wamoto said they had received no complaints against Mwau linked to drug trafficking.

Wamoto revealed that his office on June 3, received a note verbale, informing them that two Kenyans, including Mr Mwau, had been named by US as international narcotic traffickers and sanctions imposed on them.

He said they immediately wrote to the US Embassy seeking clarification on information the (US) Government had relied on to name the two Kenyans as international drug traffickers.

Wamoto was testifying in a case where Mwau sued former US Ambassador to Kenya Mr Michael Ranneberger for linking him to drug trafficking.

Mwau claimed that Ranneberger filed a criminal complaint to Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) November 2010, and subsequently held an international press conference and said he had handed over to the commission names of drug barons.

He later delivered the same criminal complaint to Prime Minister Raila Odinga on November 29, 2010.

And Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police Julius Ndegwa, in his sworn statement, confirmed that they had received the criminal report from Ranneberger.

He said they immediately started investigation, which revealed that there was no case reported to police on the allegations that Mwau had been involved in money laundering, tax evasion and smuggling.

Adopted from the Standard Newspaper

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