Abdi Yusuf, who the prosecution alleges is connected to Mohamed Kuno alias Gamadhere, the architect of the Garissa attack, has been granted a Ksh. 300,000 cash bail by a Nairobi court.
The court rejected the state’s request to have the Somali businessman’s bail revoked on the grounds that he poses a threat to the country’s security. Abdi Yusuf Ali was accused by the prosecution of using an identification card that belonged to his brother Abdi Yusuf Ali, also known as Abdirahman Mohamed Kuno. According to investigators, Abdi was slain in Somalia while leading al-Shabaab.
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The issue with the identification card is currently before a different court, according to Makadara Magistrate Agnes Mwangi, and it would be unreasonable for her to act based solely on the facts presented because the accused is entitled to a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
It will be unfair for a court to act on such information who is entitled to be presumed innocent till found guilty. I find no merit in that argument.
she said.
The prosecution claims that between July 14, 1987, and February 19, 2008, the defendant purposefully obtained a Kenyan identification card in the name of Abdi Yusuf Ali in the Garissa County sublocation of Nanighi by claiming falsely that he was Ralia Mohamed’s son, also known as “the iron lady.”
According to the charge sheet, the defendant allegedly obtained a Kenyan identity under the name Abdi Yusuf Ali on several occasions between July 14, 1987, and February 19, 2008, in the Garissa County subdivision of Nanighi, by pretending falsely that he was Ralia Mohamed’s son.
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He was charged with being present in Kenya against the law once more. The accused was previously accused of defrauding businessman Hassan Ali Hassa of Ksh 5.6 million by claiming to be able to import various cosmetics, Nutella, and chocolates from Europe when he knew this to be untrue.
