Wife of Dusit attacker, banker sanctioned over terror financing

From left Ali Salim Gichunge, leader of the 2019 Dusit D2 terrorist attack with his wife Violet Kemunto and banker Zuena Machabe.

The Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) has frozen the bank accounts of Violet Kemunto, the wife of Dusit D2 attacker Ali Salim Gichunge, and a banker, Zuena Nakhumicha Machabe, over suspected terrorist financing.

The two are among 13 individuals placed on Kenya’s Domestic Terrorism Sanctions List following a decision by the Counter-Financing of Terrorism Inter-Ministerial Committee (CFTIMC) on February 4, according to FRC Director-General Saitoti Maika.