Convicted terror suspects sentenced to 19 years in prison

Two terror suspects who had planned to bomb an unidentified building in Nairobi have been sentenced to 19 years in jail.

Their female accomplice was handed a three-year jail term for forging an ID.

Abdimajit Hassan Adan and Mohammed Osman Nane were last month found guilty of being in possession of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), seven projectile bombs and AK 47 rifles.

Their accomplice Lydia Nyawira Mburu was found guilty of forging a national ID card bearing the name Jirma Huka Galgalo (deceased), who was a member of al Shabaab, purposing it to be a genuine document.

The court had imposed a 25-year sentence on Adan and Osman but considered the six years they have been in custody as the trial was ongoing. 

They have been given 14 days to appeal.

In sentencing them, trial Magistrate Zainab Abdul said "there is no doubt the offence committed were serious in nature".

The Magistrate said a non-custodial sentence as had been prayed for by the convicts cannot be preferred.

A bomb expert who testified in court said if the bombs were launched at any point within the CBD, the kill range would have been at a radius of 100 meters.

Huka was an accused person in the case but died as the matter proceeded.