KSh8.2B Methamphetamine Destroyed in Mombasa — Questions Emerge Over Evidence
By Hassan Amin/Reporter
MOMBASA, September 24, 2026 — More than 1,000 kilogrammes of methamphetamine valued at approximately KSh8.2 billion has been destroyed at the Bamburi Cement Factory in Mombasa following the completion of the required legal processes.
The narcotics were seized in the Indian Ocean in October 2025 during a multi-agency operation involving Kenyan security agencies. Authorities said the consignment weighed more than one tonne and was confirmed to be methamphetamine.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen presided over the destruction, alongside senior security officials, including Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and DCI Director Mohamed Amin.
The destruction follows a case in which six Iranian nationals were charged over the trafficking of the narcotics. The prosecution previously told the Shanzu court that laboratory analysis had confirmed the substance as methamphetamine.
However, the high-profile destruction is also generating public questions, particularly online, over the visibility of the process and the evidence retained for the ongoing judicial proceedings.
“Simumeona evidence imechomwa, wakuu?” is the question being raised by some members of the public as authorities dispose of the bulk consignment.
Under the legal process, material required for evidentiary purposes can be retained while the remaining seized narcotics are destroyed after the necessary judicial requirements are met.
The debate now shifts to transparency: what was destroyed, what was retained as evidence, and how was the chain of custody documented before the KSh8.2 billion consignment went up in smoke?
