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Kenya: Matiangi Says Harun Aydin Was a Money Laundering Suspect, No Apology to Make

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Nairobi — Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi now says Turkish Businessman Harun Aydin was deported to Turkey on suspicion of involvement in criminal activities, including monet laundering.

Matiangi told the Nation Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security, that Harun, who is a close associate of Deputy President William Ruto, was detained on arrival from Uganda because he twice entered the country under unclear circumstances.

It is believed he was sneaked in by a VVIP on a private plane.

“His passport shows he has left the country twice without a stamp of arrival; it means you either used the porous borders or took advantage of VIP entry,” Matiangi said, adding that his travel history in the region was also suspect.

“The way he had been traveling to and from various countries in the region clearly match the characteristics of a money laundering suspect and you know money laundering and terrorism are joined at the hip,” he said.

Aydin was arrested on Saturday and sent back to his country two days later, days after drama ensued at the Wilson Airport where the Deputy President was blocked as he prepared to travel with him to Uganda. Ruto was told by immigration officials that he cannot travel because he did not have clearance from State House.

But Ruto protested the move which he inked to politics, saying government officials were pushing him to have a confrontation with the presdient.

And when Harun was arrested, Ruto and his allies protested, and he later announced that he had apologized on the government’s behalf, a claim Matiangi dismissed.