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20 Jul 2017

Lamu Court Jails Al Shabaab Member For 70 Years

Author: tajiri maskini Category: July 20, 2017
Badister Charo Katana, 25, a self-confessed Al Shabaab militant at the Mpeketoni court in Lamu County. [Photo Credit Jane Mugambi, Standard]


A man police claim trained with Al Shabaab in Boni forest in Lamu has been jailed for 70 years after pleading guilty to three terrorism charges. 

Badister Charo Katana, who was not represented by a lawyer during the trial, was linked to killing of security officers and civilians in Lamu since 2014.


Despite pleading guilty, the suspect, who was arrested last week and denied bail, begged for leniency claiming he joined Al Shabaab to escape poverty and…

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