Four stowaways jailed for trying to sneak to US via Mombasa ship

From left: Mnyika Maganga, Fredrick Gitari, Stephen Malenya and Mohamed Bwika at the Mombasa Court. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Four men who were captured trying to sneak from Kenya across the Atlantic Ocean to the US while hidden in the belly of a ship have been jailed.

A Mombasa court handed the would-be stowaways a six-month sentence arguing that the punishment will serve as a deterrent to youths or anyone with similar conduct.