Somali national arrested for forging Kenyan citizenship

A prison warder attached to Kisii Main Prison carries handcuffs at the facility on March 29, 2023. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

A Somali national has been arrested for allegedly forging Kenyan citizenship as police heightened surveillance amid threats posed by the Al Shabaab militia.

Detectives are now trying to establish how Abdihakim Saidi Jama was able to get a Kenyan birth certificate, national identity (ID) card and a passport.

The 24-year-old was arrested in Isiolo and arraigned before a Makadara Law Court, Nairobi, where police were allowed to detain him for 14 days to complete investigations.

Jama is also said to have tried to dispossess her employer of business in Nairobi's Eastleigh.

Jama is also said to have tried to dispossess her employer of business in Nairobi's Eastleigh. Ayni Hussein Muhamud claims the suspect had registered her boutique shops belonging in his name.