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Akasha’s Sh20 billion dirty money locked out of family’s reach

Baktash Akasha (left) and his brother Ibrahim Akasha (right) when they appeared in a Mombasa court

From hitherto flashy cars to bank accounts with hefty amounts of money, the family of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha has little left to survive on from the Sh20 billion estate.

The family only remained with two property in Mombasa County to share among all children from the three wives after police seized a bigger share of the estate and jewelry worth millions of shillings disappeared.

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