Two Somali women have been sentenced 30-years in jail after they were found guilty of human trafficking.
A court in Mandera town has fine two Somali women $300,000 or to face 30 years after the court found them guilty of human trafficking charge.
Ms. Kheirta Ibrahim Ali and Ms. Halima Adan Hassan have pleaded guilty of charges leveled against them.
The two have reportedly received a ten girl-child kidnapped from Somalia and conspired to transport the minor Nairobi.
The prosecutors said Ms. Ali and Ms. Hassan the girl from an unnamed source between 25th and 29th May.
“The victim in this case who is a child was facilitated to cross the Kenya-Somalia border by Ms. Kheirta Ibrahim Ali, the second accused person,” said state prosecutor Kennedy Amwayi.
Mr. Amwayi told the court police investigations revealed that the minor stayed at Ms. Ali’s house at Burubru estate in Mandera town until a taxi driver identified as Mr. Ahmed Sheikh Hassan picked her up.
“The taxi driver took the young girl to Ms. Halima Adan Hassan’s house where she spent a night,” Mr. Amwayi said.
Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Areri has said the court received enough evidence to support the case leveled against the women.
After the verdict, the convicts have been given fourteen days to appeal the ruling.
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