President Uhuru Kenyatta declares Mombasa a narcotics hub, vows to deal with drug barons

President Uhuru Kenyatta shakes hands with his supporters along Digo road in Mombasa as he  addresses members of the Public after visiting Huduma Centre in Mombasa. The President wants Mombasa residents to take identity cards and registrar as voters in large number. 31st January 2017. [Photo: Omondi Onyango/Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has described Mombasa as a narcotics hub and vowed to deal with all drug barons.

The President spoke in Mombasa amid reports that sons of the Akasha family in Mombasa and two foreigners from India and Pakistan who have been linked to drug trade had been extradited to the US to face charges in New York.