Today's Headlines
- Lessons and Implications of the Confirmation of Charges Against Kenya's 'Ocampo Four'
- Finance Minister Quits Over ICC Charges
- Shortage of HIV Test Kits Raises Concerns
- Living On the Edge in Turkana Region
- Ali Breaks Silence, Describes Delight At Acquittal
- Uhuru, Ruto Eligible for Presidency - CIC
- Tea Sector Posts Record Earnings in 2011
- Resettle IDPs, Urges Annan
- Uhuru, Muthaura Have Done the Right Thing
- All Displaced People Should Return Home
- Concern Raised As Parents Shun Schools in Poll Violence Hotspots
- Ruling On IEBC Hiring in February
- Country Working Towards Conditions Needed for Direct Flights to U.S.
- How ICC Claimed Kibaki's Lieutenants
- Geothermal Project to Receive Sh10 Billion Funding Boost
- Five Million to Get IDs Before Elections
- Speed Up Building Port
- Uhuru and Muthaura Did Well to Quit Posts
- A Full Plate Awaits Githae
- Clashes Continue in Moyale
- Baraza Case to Be Heard Monday
- Two Firms in Joint Venture to Drill for Oil Near Lodwar
- Exit Uhuru, Muthaura
- ICC Charges Hound Uhuru Out of Treasury
- Consumers Grow Despite Inflation
- Poor Relations Between Banks Blamed for Cash Shortages
- Fish Prices Up As Vegetable Supply Dwindles
- Consumers to Pay More for Milk and Bread As Prices Rise
- Kibaki Tasks Ex-Dar CJ to Lead Probe in Kenya
- Mombasa Port Cargo Congestion Forces Three-Month Fees Waiver
Nation Correspondent
1 September 2010
Nairobi — A man who asked prison authorities to serve him with fish and rice instead of beans was on Wednesday jailed for 20 years and fined Sh24 million for drug trafficking.
Austrian Moser Joachim will serve an additional year in jail if he fails to raise the fine. He was convicted by a Kibera court of trafficking in cocaine worth Sh8 million.
Joachim was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on October 15, 2007, with two kilogrammes of cocaine.
While in custody, he requested chief magistrate Uniter Kidula to order prison authorities to serve him a special diet.
Cannot eat
"I cannot eat ugali and beans. I need fish, rice, soup, potatoes and onions," he had said.
But Mrs Kidula ruled that he be served ugali and sukuma wiki.
Yesterday, prosecutor Isaiah Oyoo said he could be treated him as a first offender.
Joachim refused to mitigate, saying his lawyer was not in court.
But Mrs Kidula went ahead and sentenced him.
"I will deliver the sentence without the accused mitigating. You have 14 days to appeal against the sentence," the magistrate said.
