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Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim Akasha when they appeared before a Mombasa court on January 2, 2017 ahead of their extradition to the US. [File, Standard]
Kenyan Ibrahim Akasha is expected to be sentenced today by a US court that found him guilty of drug trafficking three months ago.
His sentencing follows that of his elder brother Baktash Akasha, who was handed a 25-year jail term and a fine of Sh10 million by Presiding Judge Victor Marrero at the US district court in New York.
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