Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa is the first top government official to be huge bad light
He has been accused of handing over special visas to eight girls from Pakistan as cultural dancers.
The girls who were arrested at Bella Bella Club in Parklands, Nairobi are in Kenya courtesy of special pass from CS Echesa, this is according to lawyer Evans Ondieki.
The lawyer further added that the eight ladies had paid sh.45,000 to the
Immigration Department for the special passes and are legally in the country until January 18, 2019.
“What government are the police serving and what government is Mr Echesa serving? Aren’t they serving the same regime,” the defense lawyer said.
During their hearing in court after arrest, Mr.Ondieki asked the court to release them.
“On humanitarian grounds I urge this court to release these girls as they have not bathed for the last one week, health rules require women to freshen up and bath as many times as they can afford,” he said.
The court responded by sending them to safe house.
Senior principal magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot ordered the women to be kept in a safe house and under the care of Nadeem Khan, the director of Blue Heart, a non-governmental organization that specializes on human trafficking, violence and child abuse.
Bella Bella Club owner Safendra Kumar Sonwani and the manager Mika Osichiro have been arrested and will appear before the court on January 8th 2019.
