A Yemeni charged with trying to illegally obtain Kenyan citizenship, and who is suspected of having ties with the al-Qaeda network, appeared briefly in court in Nairobi, only to be remanded in custody for a further two weeks pending further information.
The suspect, Haisam Omar Hussein Omar, alias Ali Abdallah Ali, first appeared in court in Nairobi on September 9th and was remanded in custody after being charged with attempting to have himself registered as a Kenyan citizen under false pretences, according to AFP.
On his second appearance, which took place on Monday, principal magistrate Injene Indeche remanded the suspect in custody again until October 7th, after a police prosecutor said the trial could not start until more data about the Yemeni had been received from Interpol.
Kenyan Mbarak Salim Mbarak, who had been charged with abetting the foreigner's bid to become Kenyan, was released on bail when the two first appeared in court. (Albawaba.com)
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