Moses Kabali, a Ugandan citizen, has been sentenced to five years by the Kahawa Chief Magistrate Court in Nairobi for fabricating a terror alert aimed at punishing his wife.
Kabali faced hoaxing charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 30 of 2012.
On June 30, 2024, Kabali emailed Interpol’s General Secretariat in France, falsely claiming that a known terrorist group was plotting an imminent attack in Kenya.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reported that Kabali urged Interpol to alert Kenyan security forces, stating that the man “alleged that two individuals known to him working with other unknown terror operatives were planning to carry out an imminent terror attack in Kenya.”
He even identified a woman, providing her phone number and linking her to the supposed terror plot.
The Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) quickly responded to Kabali’s claims and arrested the woman. However, during questioning, she said her phone number was registered in her name but was being used by her cousin.
“Upon questioning, she disclosed that the number was not hers, which led us to investigate further,” the DCI explained.
Detectives tracked down the cousin, who was arrested in Eastleigh on August 31, but soon cleared of any wrongdoing.
“We found no links to terrorist groups, which raised red flags about the validity of Kabali’s claims,” the DCI added.
Consequently, Kibali was arrested on September 3, at a local school. A search of his residence yielded two mobile phones, two laptops, and documents.
Forensic analysis confirmed the email originated from his Yahoo account.
“It was further established that Kabali authored and sent the malicious email to the Interpol General Secretariat in France acting out of anger to punish his wife whom they had separated,” the DCI said.
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