A man accused of engaging in terror activities has been sentenced to serve 15 years behind bars.
Before Kahawa Chief Magistrate Diana Mochache, Charles Kibet Rono alias Bashir, admitted guilt to two offenses.
According to a tweet from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the accused entered a guilty plea to violating Section 29 of the Prevention of Terrorism Attack by gathering information with the intent to commit a terrorist act.
In addition, Kibet was accused of violating Section 30 of the anti-terrorism law by having terrorist materials in his possession.
“We retrieved large volumes of terror-related literature and extremist propaganda recordings from the accused during the arrest. He also confessed to planning to go for Jihad in either Somalia or the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),” DCI said.
Following an intelligence-driven operation on May 18 in Kilgoris, Narok, the accused was sentenced one month after his arrest by DCI’s Anti-Terror detectives.
