Matiang'i Orders Freezing of Bank Accounts, Assets of 9 People Accused of Financing Al-Shabaab

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has gone after nine individuals accused of bankrolling terrorism operations in Kenya.

On Wednesday, Matiang’i ordered the freezing of bank accounts and property belonging to the nine who are allegedly part of an Al-Shabaab network and have been financing the activities of the Somalia-based militia group while working in Kenya.

The nine include Halima Adan Ali, Waleed Ahmed Zein, Sheikh Guyo Gorsa Boru, Mohammed Abdi Ali (Abu Fidaa), and Nuseiba Mohammed Haji.

Others are Abdimajit Adan Hassan, Mohammed Ali Abdi, Muktar Ibrahim Ali, and Mire Abdullahi Elmi.

“Today, acting pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 11(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism-POTA (Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Suppression of Terrorism) Regulations 2013, and having regard to the resolutions of the Counter Financing of Terrorism Inter-Ministerial Committee held on 5′ February 2020 pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 13(1) of POTA Regulations 2013, I hereby order the freezing of funds and property of the following individuals and entities…” Matiang’i stated.

CS Matiang’i stated that the government is committed to dismantling terror operations in Kenya by dealing with perpetrators, financiers, and sponsors of Al Shabaab.

“Terrorism knows no bounds. We shall neither surrender into the hands of terrorism nor play into the narrative propounded by terrorists.”

“The only way to deny terrorists the means to threaten our way of life is to choke their facilitation networks and this is why I have published the foregoing list so that they can no longer finance Al-Shabaab’s operations within our borders,” he declared.