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Somali national arrested for forging Kenyan citizenship

A prison warder attached to Kisii Main Prison carries handcuffs at the facility on March 29, 2023. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

A Somali national has been arrested for allegedly forging Kenyan citizenship as police heightened surveillance amid threats posed by the Al Shabaab militia.

Detectives are now trying to establish how Abdihakim Saidi Jama was able to get a Kenyan birth certificate, national identity (ID) card and a passport.

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