Shocking details emerged in court on Wednesday as six more suspects were arraigned in connection to the January 15, 2019 terror attack at 14 Riverside in Nairobi.
The six; Hassan Abdi Nur, Ismael Sadiq Abitham, Ali Khamisi Ali, Abdinoor Maalim Ismail, Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan and Sophia Njoki Mbogo, were accused of financing the attack that left 21 dead.
Hassan Abdi Nur allegedly operated 52 M-Pesa shops; 47 of which were said to have been registered between October and December 2018.
The M-Pesa businesses reportedly received huge amounts of money from various places including South Africa and sent some to Somalia.
Ismael Sadiq Abitham, on the other hand, was a social media representative at Horizon TV station, and was said to be in constant communication with attack ring leader Ali Salim Gichunge and his wife Violet Kemunto.
Ali Khamisi Ali was arrested on Tuesday and was said to have several contacts in Somalia believed to be of Al Shabab sympathisers. Together with Ismael Sadiq Abitham, they were also alleged to have been in communication Gichunge and Kemunto.
