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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>A court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding al-Shabaab militants in a 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex.<\/b><\/p>\n

In January that year, gunmen shot their way into the Dusit hotel and office complex, killing 21 people in a siege that lasted 19 hours.<\/p>\n

All five militants died in the attack.<\/p>\n

Hussein Mohamed Abdille Ali and Mohamed Abdi Ali, both Kenyans, were convicted last month on charges of facilitation and conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.<\/p>\n

The judge said they had played a critical role by helping two of the attackers escape from a refugee camp using fake identity cards.<\/p>\n

They had also provided financial assistance to the group.<\/p>\n

Both men have denied the charges and now have 14 days to appeal their sentences.<\/p>\n

The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab regularly carries out attacks in Kenya.<\/p>\n

It aims to pressurise the government into withdrawing its peacekeeping troops from Somalia where it is waging an insurgency in a bid to seize power.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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