The Milimani Law Court Friday sentenced Nigerian national Alabi Tunde Lateef to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of trafficking narcotic drugs valued at Sh890,800.
The court heard that on September 11, 2017, at the General Post Office (GPO) area in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), Lateef was found trafficking by conveying 75.4 grammes of cocaine with a street value of Sh377,000.
On the same day, at Kasarani’s Mwiki area, he was also found trafficking by storing 102.7 grammes of cocaine worth Sh513,800.
Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi handed him eight years’ imprisonment for each of the two counts, with the sentences to run concurrently, after ruling that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Prosecution, led by Counsels Wanjiru Naomi and Nyakira Kibera, called four witnesses whose evidence was instrumental in securing the conviction.
Elsewhere, one Peter Natesero Lengusu was sentenced to life imprisonment after the Kabarnet Magistrate Court found him guilty of robbery with violence.
The offence occurred on 10th August 2024 at Kampi Turkana village in Marigat Location, Baringo South Sub-County.