Somalia: Pirates Free British Woman

Publisher:
KENYA Citizen TV
Publication Date:
22 March 2012
Tags:
Somalia, Kenya, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Europe and Africa

Internal Security Minister Professor George Saitoti and Tourism Minister Najib Balala have asked the UK government to lift a travel advisory issued to British national's intent on visiting parts of the Kenyan coastline. The minister made the plea moments after Somali pirates freed a British woman they held hostage for six months after abducting her from Kenyan territory. 56 - Year - old Judith Tebbutt jetted into Kenya after she was released following the reported payment of ransom. And as Tebbutt savoured the taste of freedom, ali Babitu Kololo, a Kenyan, appeared in a Lamu court charged with murder and robbery with violence over the September incident.

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