COURT ALLOWS POLICE TO HOLD TERROR SUSPECTS FOR ONE WEEK.

BY SAM ALFAN.

A Nairobi court has allowed the police to detain a Ugandan and his Kenyan accomplice who were arrested with assorted explosives and detonators.

The two were arrested in Chepkatet village, Uasin Gishu County and police sought to hold them for a few days as they complete investigations.

The 59-year-old Mohamed Ahmed Bisher and Ugandan Nasanga Ibrahim aged 68 appeared before Milimani Senior Resident Muthoni Nzibe. The magistrate allowed the Anti-Terror Unit Police to hold them for one week as they complete investigations.

Police corporal Kennedy Karanja told the court that the accused were arrested on July 11 at Chepkatet village in Uasin Gishu county by a team of police officer drawn from Directorate of Criminal investigations, ATPU and SSU.

The two were arrested after the detectives received intelligence reports of their possible involvement in terrorism surveillance and intended terrorism attack within the country.

According to the detectives, during the operation they recovered 2kgs of TNT explosives, 44 pieces of Noble’s explosives, seven detonators, and high explosives boosters among others.

The items recovered have been forwarded to the commissioner of mines and geology and bomb disposal unit for forensic examination and the reports are yet to be obtained.

The investigation officer said investigations are complex and requires time and it involves a number of agency.