OSINT SUMMARY
5th February 2016, Four Somali nationals who were arrested have been charged and fined Ksh.5.5 million each or serve 10 years in prison over illegal travel documents.
The four identified as Sakarie Abdullah Ahmed, Abdikadir Sharrif Abdinur, Ubah Abdirahman Hassan and Fadumo Anshur Mohamed were arrested at Mandera Airstrip boarding a flight to Nairobi last Sunday 31st January 2016.
The four allegedly acquired Kenyan visas illegally and thus were in the country unlawfully.
The assailants have been in custody to allow police complete investigations. The four were charged in being found in possession with Kenyan travel visas which investigations report indicated were acquired illegally. The four also face a second count of being in Kenya unlawfully.
State counsel Kennedy Amwayi said the four were intercepted while hurriedly about to fly to Nairobi using passport numbers belonging to Somalia but had Kenyan visa numbers attached to the documents.
Upon interrogation on the accused, they could not tell how they acquired the documents, the state counsel added.
Mandera Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Areri noted the offenses were serious and called for deterrent sentences citing the era of increased terror threats in the country.
The accused were fined Ksh.5 million each on the first count and or to serve five year imprisonment and in the second count each accused was fined Ksh.500, 000 or serve five years imprisonment Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Areri ruled.
