High Court declines to grant bond on widow serving 10 years on terrorism charges

Haniya Said Sagar, widow to the slain Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo at the Shanzu Law Court in Mombasa County. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Photo/Kelvin Karani

The High Court in Mombasa has declined to release Saniya Sagar, the widow of slain Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo, pending a determination on her appeal over the 10-year jail conviction by the lower court.

 Yesterday, Lady Justice Dorah Chepkwony said public safety overrides the personal interest and constitutional rights to grant Sagar bail.