Man to serve five years in jail over fake terror attack alarm

A Ugandan national has been jailed for five years after he was found guilty of raising a false terror attack alarm to Interpol General Secretariat in France to punish his wife.
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Moses Kabali emailed Interpol on 30 June 2024, falsely claiming that a known terrorist group was planning an attack in Kenya and the country’s security agencies needed to be on high alert.
Kabali is said to have feigned knowledge of two individuals who worked with the terror group and gave a woman’s phone number, claiming she was one of the suspects.
Acting on this tip-off, DCI’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) then went ahead to arrest the woman.
“Upon questioning, she disclosed that the said phone number had been registered using her ID card but was being used by her cousin,” said DCI in a statement. 
Sleuths then tracked and nabbed another suspect in Eastleigh estate on 13 August, but the duo was confirmed to have no links to terrorist groups after interrogation.
After detectives failed to join the dots, Kabali was arrested on 3 September and a search of his residence led to the seizure of two mobile phones, two laptops, and various documents. 
“It was further established that Kabali authored and sent the malicious email to the Interpol General Secretariat in France acting out of anger to punish his wife whom they had separated,” added DCI.
Kabali appeared before Judge Gideon Kiage for sentencing pursuant to Section 26 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.