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11 Ethiopians jailed six months for illegal entry

The magistrate directed the 11 be repatriated after the jail term. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

Eleven Ethiopians were on Friday sentenced to six-month imprisonment each for being in Kenya illegally.

The foreigners, who had been remanded at Embu GK Prison for lack of an interpreter, cried in court after Senior Resident Magistrate Jean Ndengeri delivered the judgment.

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