An intern doctor who was arrested while on duty in a medical facility in Makueni has been jailed for 12 years.
Mohamed Abdi Ali alias Abu Ramzi, who has been in prison remand for 8 years following his arrest in 2016 over terrorism-related activities has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison.
Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku found him guilty of five counts of terrorism-related charges.
The 34-year-old suspect was arrested at a medical facility in Wote, Makueni County, where he was working as an intern medic having completed his studies at the Kampala International University between 2010 and 2015.
“25 witnesses including Uganda’s Counter-Terrorism detectives, US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents and Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police detectives testified in the case where Abu Ramzi was found guilty of, among others, being a member of a terrorist group (ISIS), recruitment of members of a terrorist group and possession of articles connected with the commission of a terrorism act,” a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) read in part.
While issuing the judgment, Justice Mutuku noted that the gravity of the offences committed warrant that prison term.
“The DCI commends the investigators for their concerted efforts which swiftly rid the terrorist off the streets, thereby thwarting a biological weapon attack which Abu Ramzi was planning, and hopes that the sentence awarded is adequate for officers at the correctional facilities to help him change.”
