Al Shabaab suspect arrested at Namanga border

Police in Kajiado County are holding a man who confessed to be an Al shabaab member after he was nabbed by police at the Namanga border on Thursday.

The man, Baluku Swaleh, a Ugandan national, was allegedly on his way to neighbouring Tanzania from Nairobi when he was arrested.

Kajiado CID commander Ngatia Iregi revealed that photos detailing how the Al Shabaab has been killing people in Somalia, a flag and other paraphernalia were also recovered from the suspect.

He will held in custody for ten days to allow for thorough investigations, before being arraigned in court.

The arrest comes two days after a businessman and a matatu driver facing 60 counts of murder in relation to the Mpeketoni terror attack were acquitted of murder charges by a Mombasa High Court.

Judge Martin Muya ruled in the favour of Mahadi Swaleh Mahadi alias Jesus and Dyna Salim Suleima saying the prosecution failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the two were involved in the Mpeketoni killings.

Mahadi and Salim appeared before the court a month ago and argued that they were ‘sacrificial lambs’ and that their prosecution was as a result of political pressure.

In mid March, the main suspect behind a 2012 terror attack at a hotel in Mombasa was sentenced to death.

Thabit Jamaldin Yahya was found guilty of carrying out the attack at Bella Vista Club that killed a guard, Mary Cheptrin.

Delivering the sentence, High Court Judge Martin Muya said Yahya was among terror suspects who hauled four hand grenades into the club and escaped.

The sentencing came three days after a Mombasa Court detained four terror suspects who were arrested on their way to Libya to join the Islamic State terror group.

The court, before Magistrate Diana Mochache, ordered the four suspects detained for 30 days to allow police officers conclude their investigations.

The suspects, identified as Mohamed Abdalla Kassim, Faraj Fahim Swaleh, Ali Omar Bwanadi and Kassim Ahmed Ali, are believed to be members of a terror group and are involved in terrorism activities.

Kenya has been on a high security attack following numerous terror attacks in the country and in the world.