DCI Provides Update on Investigation Linking City Lawyer to Terrorism
Police say the lawyer and other accused are facing charges relating to facilitation, radicalisation and recruitment of individuals into terrorist activities...
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A city lawyer, among 22 individuals arrested in a nationwide counter-terrorism operation, awaits a court ruling on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, regarding extended detention for further investigation. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) states he is suspected of financing, facilitating, radicalizing, and recruiting for terror networks.
- 22 suspects were apprehended across Nairobi, Mombasa, Kapseret, Moyale, and Marsabit.
- The city lawyer was arrested in Mombasa on Friday, November 14, 2025, for financing terrorism.
- The Kahawa Law Courts will rule on a 20-day custodial order for the lawyer and varying custodial requests for other suspects.
- Investigations were guided by the detention of approximately ten young recruits who were allegedly preparing to join ISIS affiliates in Yemen via Puntland, Somalia.
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