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With Akasha’s Sh20 billion estate, family lived in luxury

Some of Akasha's houses. [Standard]

Chauffeured in flashy cars by his late father, Baktash Akasha got used to a luxurious life from childhood.

For son of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha who was arrested along with his younger brother Ibrahim Akasha on drug trafficking charges, the end for their family’s wicked empire has never come this close.

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