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Joyce Akinyi: From hotel owner and now convicted heroin trafficker

Joyce Teresia Akinyi, once a prominent businesswoman in Kenya, has been convicted for her involvement in a large-scale heroin trafficking operation. [File, Standard]

Joyce Teresia Akinyi, once a prominent businesswoman in Kenya, has been convicted for her involvement in a large-scale heroin trafficking operation that exposed her ties to criminal networks.

Akinyi, whose name was long associated with controversy and illicit activities, now faces life imprisonment after being found guilty of trafficking heroin worth Sh5 million.

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