The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has secured the conviction and seven-year jail sentence of an Eldoret man who was found guilty of six counts of terror-related activities.
Patrick Wangeci, alias Jibril, was convicted before the Eldoret Law Courts on two counts of possession of articles connected to terrorism and four counts of collecting information for terrorist purposes.
According to the the Office of the Director of public Prosecution (ODPP) says that Wangeci was charged following his arrest on February 12, 2019.
It was revealed through investigations that the accused had videos with extremist ideologies and supports for terrorist activities.
The prosecutor relied on five witnesses and other evidence and was able to establish the six charges against him.
Sentencing the two counts of having articles for terrorism purposes, the courts sentenced them to five years’ imprisonment in each case while they also awarded seven years’ imprisonment in the four counts of collecting information for terrorist purposes.
In the end the court ordered that all the sentences run concurrently, and that means Wangeci would have to face seven years behind bars.
The case was prosecuted by Principal Prosecution Counsels Eric Kiarie and Eunice Rono together with Prosecution Counsel Saphia Awil.
This verdict reflects the constant efforts by the authorities to bring terrorism suspects to trial and combat the spread of radical thought.
