Styled as suave businessman with interests extending from automobile industry to real estate in both Nairobi and Mombasa, Hussain Jarrar, a Pakistani national 48 years has been flagged by the national spy agency, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) over alleged involvement in suspected drug trafficking, forgery and money laundering.
According to records seen by The Informer Media Group, Hussain was born in 1975 at Faisalabad, one of the wealthiest cities in Pakistan.
Hussain arrived in the country in 2006 and was later employed as a sales motor vehicle agent earning Sh70,000 a month.
In tracing the unexplained fortune, a multi-agency team comprising of the NIS, Immigration officials, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) have since linked the businessman to cross-border clandestine underworld operations.
The Pakistani is also being investigated for forgery after it emerged he had obtained a Kenyan identity card fraudulently.
“Previously, Jarrar was a director at Al-Husnain Motors Limited and obtained three of his previous work permits from February 18, 2006 to February 2, 2013. Later the directors of Al-Husnain Motors split and hence the establishment of Al-Shujah Motors Limited by Jarrar.” A security brief dated May 19, 2022 reads in part.
According to probe report, despite being a foreigner, Hussain declared that he is Kenyan in one of the companies, Silver Dash Limited, which he runs with his two children Muhammad Ali Haider and Muhammad Shujah Haider each holding 250 Shares enjoys a controlling stake of 500 shares.
In the same firm, a Kenyan national identified as Jane Wangeci Kabiu has been listed as the Secretary.
He had then unsuccessfully applied for renewal of his work permit as a foreigner. The application for renewal was rejected.
Hussain is said to be in the country illegally after his work permit expired last year in November and he has since then operating from his hideout in the city using proxies to fix his deals, officials said.
Preliminary investigations have also revealed that the foreigner is linked a high ranking politician who has been helping him to renew his documents in vain.
Detectives believe Hussain who comes from Pakistan near the Iran border, could be part of an international money laundering ring.
He is currently building a Sh1.2billion mall in Nairobi’s Kilimani area, Al-Shujah Mall, next to Yaya Centre and is also said to have bought two prime land in the same area.
“He was employed as a sales official at Al-Husnain Motors in the city where he earned Sh70,000 up to 2013. He can’t explain how he made the billions he is splashing around,” said an official aware of the probe.
In one of the letters dated May 2022, one of the government institutions says Hussain is currently a director at Al-Shujah Motors Limited which was established in 2012 and started operations of selling second-hand vehicles in January 2013.
Later in June 2016, he made an application as a permanent resident through lawful status which was pending for five years, according to the correspondence.
In June 2021 he applied for his citizenship by lawful residence when it was established he had an adverse notice due to his suspicious involvement with Iranians.
“Due to this, his permanent residence process was halted.” The brief adds in part.
Additionally, a report by one of the security agencies seen by The Informer Media Group says the company Hussain runs has been associated with drug trafficking.
“The referred Al-Shujah Motors changed its name from Al-Husnain Motors whose directors have been associated with drug trafficking.” One of the confidential correspondences to the Immigration Department read in part.
Two of his brothers who doubled as his associates were deported over the same claims of narcotics trafficking.
A previous attempt to deport him in 2007 failed after he was tipped off and he left the country only to come back five years later and established a new company under a different name.
It was also established that Hussain was secretly running an account of another Pakistani, Saleem Qamar, at a local bank.
Following the revelation by the Financial Reporting Centre, the account was frozen with hundreds of millions of shillings. Another account run by Al-Husnain Motors was also blacklisted.
“He is believed to have gotten what he claims to be an authority to run it but we think this is part of ways to avoid scrutiny.” A source privy to the probe added.
Another report indicates that the foreigner is making massive investments in the country which is believed to be part of money laundering proceeds for some international underworld racket.