A Somali national has been charged with four offences linked to the alleged fraudulent acquisition and use of Kenyan identity documents after he was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while preparing to leave the country.
The suspect was arrested on October 27 this year, as he attempted to board a flight to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
Investigations by detectives from the Immigration and Citizen Services department established grounds for his prosecution, with the suspect eventually arraigned before the JKIA Law Courts on Thursday, November 12.
He faced four charges, including being unlawfully present in Kenya, knowingly presenting an identity card containing false entries to deceive authorities, and making false declarations to obtain a Kenyan passport and temporary permit.
He, however, denied all the charges and was released on a bond of Ksh400,000, with the court requiring him to provide two Kenyan contact persons.
The court also ordered him to surrender any passport in his possession and directed that a stop order be placed on the documents, with the case scheduled for pre-trial next week on November 25.
The case comes barely a month after another Somali national was fined Ksh370,000 by the same court after admitting to charges involving unlawful presence in Kenya and fraudulent acquisition of Kenyan travel and…
