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Kenyan sentenced to 15 years in US prison for funding Al-Shabaab

Al-Shabaab soldiers patrol in formation along the streets of Dayniile district in Southern Mogadishu, March 5, 2012. REUTERS

MIAMI: A Kenyan man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday by a judge in Miami after pleading guilty to funneling $11,600 dollars (about Sh1.2 million) to US -designated terrorist organizations in Africa and the Middle East.

US District Judge Ursula Ungaro sentenced Mohamed Hussain Said, 27, for conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda, al Qaeda in Iraq/Nusra Front, and al Shabaab.

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