This archive report was first published on 23 August 2019.
On Thursday morning, a group of Mombasa County residents marched to the gate of Sarova Whitesands Beach and Resort, the venue of the 2019 Annual Judges conference, to protest against the Judiciary.
They accused the Judiciary of corruption and protecting drug lords in Mombasa County, chanting 'Haki yetu, Haki Yetu' (our rights, our rights) and temporarily blocking the main Mombasa-Malindi highway.
The residents are demanding that President Uhuru Kenyatta sack the judges mentioned in the drugs case in the US, where the Akasha Brothers are being tried.
"Let us stand firm as Kenyans against such (corrupt) judges," said one of the protestors.
The protest comes days after the sentencing of Baktash Akasha to 25 years in prison by a US court, and amid allegations that a former senior official in the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, a number of judges, and several government officials are facing extradition to the US on drugs-related charges.
