Kenya: Grenade Man Sentenced to Life in Prison

28 October 2011

A man who confessed to being an Al-Shabaab member and pleaded guilty to carrying out a Nairobi grenade attack was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday.

Mr Elgiva Bwire Oliacha was also handed a 15-year life sentence for Al-Shabaab membership and another seven for being in possession of firearms illegally.

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