Saturday, November 22, 2025 - Three Kenya Airways employees have been sentenced to 25 years in prison each after being found guilty of trafficking heroin valued at more than Ksh 60 million.
According to a statement released on Saturday, November 22nd
, by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Court handed down the sentences to Lennox
Chengek Chestit, a cabin crew member; Kenneth
Sinzore Isundu, a
ground staffer; and Alfric Odhiambo Otieno, also a cabin crew member.
Alongside the lengthy jail terms, each convict was slapped
with hefty fines ranging between Ksh 88 million and Ksh 90 million.
Failure to pay will add an extra year behind bars, to run
concurrently with their main sentences.
The convictions stemmed from two separate counts of
trafficking narcotics.
In the first count, Chestit and Isundu were found guilty of
trafficking 9,845.70 grams of heroin worth Ksh29.5 million.
In the second one, Otieno and Isundu were convicted of
trafficking 20 kilograms of heroin valued at Ksh60 million.
Senior Principal Magistrate Njeri Thuku dismissed their
appeals for non-custodial sentences, stressing that drug trafficking offences
fall outside the scope of the Community Service Orders Act.
“To see employees of Kenya Airways themselves involved in drug
trafficking is more damaging than any of them possibly imagined,” she noted, highlighting the
reputational harm to national institutions.
DPP Renson Ingonga welcomed the judgment, calling it a
strong signal of Kenya’s resolve to dismantle drug networks.
“This verdict sends a clear message that no individual or
institution is beyond the reach of the law,” he affirmed.
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