The modest setting of the Mombasa Magistrate’s Court, where Yusuf Abubakar Joho is testifying as a prosecution witness, provides can't hint of the billions of shillings at stake—until the Mining Cabinet Secretary’s brother begins to speak.
Mr Abubakar—popularly known as Abu—speaks with intensity about the long-running battle his family has fought with one of the most powerful men in Kenya. Mohammed Jaffer, a reclusive billionaire who styles himself as the “port man,” has over the years entrenched his commercial dominance at the country’s largest port, retaining an iron grip over critical import infrastructure.
