NAIROBI – A Kenyan court has sentenced an Al-Shabab member to a total of 115 years in prison after convicting him of seven terrorism-related offences.
Ibrahim Hussein Hassan was sentenced by the Kahawa Law Courts after prosecutors proved that he was a member of the Somalia-based militant group and had collected information and possessed material linked to terrorist activities.
Although the individual sentences add up to 115 years, they will run concurrently, meaning Hassan will effectively serve 20 years in prison.
The case dates back to Hassan’s arrest in September 2022 in Nairobi’s Eastleigh district. Prosecutors presented forensic evidence from his Samsung mobile phone, which contained three videos described as extremist propaganda.
The court also ordered Hassan to undergo a deradicalisation programme while serving his sentence.
