A Somali national has been fined a total of Sh370,000 by the JKIA Law Courts after pleading guilty to three charges linked to his unlawful presence in Kenya and the fraudulent acquisition of Kenyan identity and passport documents.
Mohamud Mohammed Roble was arrested after detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), through the Immigration and Citizen Services Investigations unit, took over the case from immigration officials at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
According to the DCI, investigations established that Roble had obtained Kenyan registration documents and subsequently secured a Kenyan passport through false declarations.
He was arraigned before the court, where he pleaded guilty to all three counts.
The court fined him Sh150,000 for unlawfully being present in Kenya, another Sh150,000 for making a false declaration to obtain a Kenyan passport, and Sh70,000 for knowingly presenting an identity card containing false entries with the intention to deceive.
The court further directed that imprisonment would apply in default of payment of the respective fines.
In addition to the penalties, the court ordered that Roble be repatriated to Somalia upon payment of the fines.
His fraudulently obtained Kenyan passport was also ordered to be surrendered to the Director General of Immigration Services for destruction.
The case highlights the enforcement actions being undertaken by authorities against the fraudulent acquisition of Kenyan identification and travel documents.
