Akasha's widow Hayat Akasha is seeking a share of her late husband Akasha Abdalla's Ksh20 billion property.
Reports indicate that Hayat wants to be enjoined in the case filed by her co-wife and daughter-in-law who are also seeking a share of the property. The widow stated that her motive is to protect her late husband's property.
Akasha was an acclaimed tycoon who was said to have established a drug trade empire that managed operations across different countries in the 1990s.
The tycoon was killed in Amsterdam, Netherlands by a gunman on May 3, 2000.
Hayat also faulted one of Akasha's sons, Baktash Akasha for illegally transferring some of the property to his name. Baktash and his brother Ibrahim are currently serving 25 and 23 years in prison in the US respectively for drug trafficking charges.
"Baktash illegally transferred some property to his name. Several letters have been written to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and other government offices complaining of the transfer," Hayat stated.
The widow affirmed that her husband had legally acquired the property while in the Netherlands years before his sons were charged in the US.
Akasha's family woes began in November 2014 when detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) raided their Nyali home and seized their property.
The property seized involved ten luxury vehicles, one luxury boat, jewelry estimated at Ksh58 million,60 kilograms of gold bars, eight houses, and two bank accounts that had Ksh19 million.
Recently, the government also launched a move to seize their Nyali beach house valued at Ksh400 million. This was initiated by the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) which filed an application in court to seize the property.
According to reports, the beach house belonged to both Baktash and Ibrahim.
Najima Baktash (Baktash's wife) however, opposed the state agencies’ plan, arguing that the beach house belonged to her father-in-law and not her husband and his brother.
She insisted that most if not all the properties in the hands of the two convicted siblings belonged to the late patriarch.
