A city lawyer arrested by the Anti-Terror Police Unit last week is set to know his fate on Wednesday as police petition an anti-terrorism court in Nairobi to grant more days to hold him alongside other suspects while investigations continue.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Mombasa-based lawyer was among 22 individuals caught in a counter-terrorism operation targeting supporters, financiers, and beneficiaries of terror networks in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kapseret, Moyale, and Marsabit.
Police say he and the other accused face charges of facilitating, radicalising, and recruiting individuals into terror-related activities.
“He was arrested on Friday, November 14, 2025, in Mombasa following a sting operation by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit for financing terrorism. The ongoing operation also netted other suspects accused of facilitating, radicalisation, recruitment, and financing terror activities nationwide,” DCI confirmed.
He was presented before the Kahawa Law Courts on Monday, where detectives sought a 20-day custodial order. The court, however, directed that the ruling be made on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
His co-accused, arrested in Nairobi, is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday, following a previous deferment to November 18, 2025.
During the operation, ATPU officers traced another suspect to Uasin Gishu County. He is set to be arraigned on November 25, when a 15-day custodial order sought against him will be ruled on.
The court will also decide on November 26 regarding a 20-day custodial order for two other suspects arrested in Mombasa. On the same day, six additional suspects arrested in the Marsabit area will also know the outcome of a 30-day custodial order sought against them.
Approximately ten young recruits, arrested earlier this year while allegedly preparing to leave the country, are central to the investigation. Authorities have revealed that their detention has been pivotal in guiding investigators towards the broader terror network.
It is said that the recruits were influenced online and through local contacts before being moved through Kenya to Puntland in northern Somalia and then on to Yemen. These areas are described by security officers as transit points for individuals aiming to connect with ISIS affiliates.
Despite terror attacks having been carried out in the country resulting in loss of life, the DCI emphasised that pressure is mounting on terror networks and that the agency is committed to thorough investigations to dismantle them.
The public has also been assured that law enforcement is vigilant in its fight against terrorism and will leave no stone unturned in its operations.
