Widow of slain coast drug baron sentenced to 40 years in prison

Slain drug baron Swaleh Yusuf (left) and Fatuma Ahmed at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on 16th April 2019, where they were charged with drug trafficking. [File, Standard]

The widow of the slain drug baron Swaleh Yusuf Ahmed alias Kandereni has been sentenced to 40 years for trafficking narcotics.

Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo, on behalf of Principal Magistrate Martin Rabera, also slapped the widow, Fatuma Ahmed, with a fine of Sh825,642,200.