Three terror convicts get additional 15-year jail term for escaping from Kamiti prison
The State secured additional 15-year prison terms against three terror convicts who escaped from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison while serving their sentences. Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage, sitting at the Kahawa Law Courts, sentenced Musharaf Abdala, Mohamed Ali Abikar and Joseph Juma Odhiambo to serve 15 years’ imprisonment each upon completion of their existing sentences, with [...] The…
Three terror convicts, Musharaf Abdala, Mohamed Ali Abikar, and Joseph Juma Odhiambo, have been sentenced to an additional 15 years in prison for their role in escaping from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in 2021. Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage, presiding over the Kahawa Law Courts, delivered the verdict. The escape transpired on November 14 and 15, 2021, as the convicts made their way to Kitui and Endao.
The court deemed their unified escape a deliberate act to evade recapture and preserve unity. Prosecutors argued that they should have dispersed upon escaping to minimize the risk of detection. Upon escaping, Odhiambo underwent a 15-year sentence for offenses committed while traveling to a designated terrorist nation, failing to report his departure, and leaving Kenya through an unauthorized border point.
Abikar faced a cumulative 41-year sentence for his part in the 2015 Garissa University massacre, which claimed 148 lives. His additional 15-year term would commence post-completion of his existing sentence. Abdala, who was to serve 22 years before being acquitted on appeal, was ordered to serve an additional 15 years from his acquittal's date.
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