Boda boda rider Victor Bwire jailed 20 years over plot to bomb KICC

Victor Odede Bwire in te dock at a Milimani court where he was accused that on January 2019 with others not before court conspired to commit a terrorist act at the KICC. [George Njunge, Standard]

Victor Odede Bwire looked subdued. The father of two was part of a terror group that was planning to bring down the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).

However, yesterday, the verdict by Milimani Magistrate Bernard Ochoi that he should be locked behind bars for 20 years seemed to beat his soul to a pulp. The long hand of the law had finally caught up with him and he regretted it, his lawyer said.

Clad in a sky blue shirt, the man blankly faced the courtroom as his lawyer Chacha Mwita, and senior prosecution counsel Harrison Kiarie, battled for leniency.