Kenya: Seven pirates jailed 5yrs

  1. Posted on Tuesday 7 September 2010 - 09:40
    Muhyadin
    Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
    Seven Somali pirates have been sentenced five years in jail in the east Africa nation of Kenya. Mombasa court jailed the pirates on charges for attempting to hijack a a German ship march in this year. The men were trying to seize a German Ship, MV Spessart upon the high seas and further causing fear among the crew of the ship.
    Somali:German Vessel held by Pirates
    The prosecutors had been told that the pirate men were armed with AK47 Rifles, Rocket propelled Grenades, skiffs and other weapons which they used to terrorize the crew.

    The men were handed over to the Kenyan authorities for prosecution after being arrested at the high seas.

    The pirates lawyer Jared Magolo argued that their continual stay will be more of a burden to the taxpayer since they have to be fed and clothed.

    In 2006, Kenya sentenced the first Somali pirates to seven years in jail while early this year another seven were jailed for 20 years.

    Kenya and Seychelles are the only African nations prosecuting pirates in the Horn of Africa nation.

    The foreign warships patrolling the waters are now been outwitted by the pirates who now hijack ships far into the Indian Ocean.

Latest News

  1. Kenya launches universal HPV vaccine access t…17/05As the world celebrates the Cervical Cancer Week, Kenya has taken a leap of faith by launching universal distribution of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) v…
  2. Malawi Electoral body appeals for ethical…17/05The Malawi Electoral Commission has challenged the media to follow ethical standards in the coverage of the 2014 tripartite elections to avoid fueling…
  3. Amplats to cut 6,000 jobs in South Africa10/05Top global platinum producer Anglo American Platinum announced on Friday that it will cut 6,000 jobs at its South African operations, in a move that r…
  4. Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining…10/05Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has…
  5. Bomb blasts rock Libyan city of Benghazi10/05A bomb has exploded outside the a police station in the Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, Reuters news agency reports.
  6. Kenya calls on UN to drop Kenyatta trials10/05Kenya has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vi…
  7. Africa Oil & Gas, Finance & Investment…02/05AME Trade Ltd are happy to announce the launch of the Africa Oil & Gas, Finance & Investment Forum (http://www.aogfi.com). This event is suppo…
  8. Cameroon: Anti-poaching Operations Intensified02/05Wildlife authorities in Cameroon arrested 20 suspects and confiscated 45 guns during a 10-day anti-poaching operation that targeted elephant poachers …
  9. Mugabe warns against foreign interference19/04Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he will not accept foreign interference during elections later this year.
  10. Cameroonian Scholar Wins 2013 'African He…19/04Internationally-recognised anthropologist, University of Cape Town's, UCT, Prof. Francis Beng Nyamnjoh was named African Hero of the Year for 201…
  11. SAA receives most on-time airline in the world…19/04South African Airways (SAA) has received two major endorsements from respected industry experts. In the first, SAA topped the list of the most on-time…
  12. Action Plan Launched to end preventable deaths…12/04UNICEF and the WHO have launched a new action plan tackling for the first time two of the three biggest killer diseases of children under five in Afri…
  13. Eurochannel picks EUTELSAT 16A to extend reach…12/04The range of channels broadcasting across sub-Saharan Africa via the EUTELSAT 16A satellite further increased today with the launch of Eurochannel, th…
  14. Madonna in bitter war of words with Malawi aft…12/04Pop star Madonna is causing a commotion in Malawi, days after her return from a goodwill trip to the nation. The singer is in a bitter feud with the …
  15. Sudan's Bashir arrives in South Sudan12/04Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has arrived in South Sudan for the first time since his 2011 visit for the country's independence celebrati…
News archive