Kenya Seeks Deportation of British Terror Convict Germaine Grant

The Kenyan government is seeking the assistance of the Mombasa High Court to secure the deportation of Germaine John Grant to his home country upon the completion of his 13-year prison term. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions has requested Judge Ann Ong'injo to make sure the lower court has correctly imposed the sentence on Grant. The DPP has also stated that the lower court should have made an order for Grant to be deported from Kenya upon the completion of his sentence. The British citizen and suspected terrorist was sentenced to two years in prison for unlawful conduct in Kenya. Records indicate that Grant finished his two-year jail sentence on June 24.

Grant is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence after being convicted of nine offences, including being in possession of hazardous materials like acetone, hydrogen peroxide, ammonium nitrate, a sulphur sublime container, four AA-size batteries, and a conducting wire in his possession. It was alleged that these items were meant to be used to construct explosives for a terrorist attack. Additionally, he was found guilty of attempting to acquire Kenyan citizenship through the use of a false birth certificate. 

The man was also convicted of plotting to construct an explosive device. The prosecution stated he had planned to target hotels that were commonly visited by tourists from abroad. Grant was initially detained in 2011 after authorities discovered the chemicals and batteries in his home in Mombasa. Law enforcement officers claimed that Grant was living with a British woman named Samantha Lewthwaite, otherwise known as the White Widow, at the time of his arrest. It was alleged that Lewthwaite was married to one of the four suicide bombers who conducted fatal assaults on London public transport on July 7, 2005. Lewthwaite is still on the run and is wanted in Kenya for possessing explosives.

Grant appealed against the four-year sentence imposed by the Magistrate's Court in 2019 for possession of explosives. He argued that it was too harsh, but Justice Ong'injo disagreed, deeming it lenient and deciding not to overturn the lower court's ruling.