Four suspects charged for being in procession of illegal firearm have been released on cashbail of three hundred thousand each..
Principal magistrate Bernard Ochoi in the alternative gave them a bond of five hundred thousand shillings plus one surety.
Two Marsabit County employees and two Ethiopians were charged in a Nairobi court with being in possession of a firearm and 10 rounds of ammunition without a license.
The four , Galma Iara, Musa Dalacha, Mohammed Galmagar, and Ibrahim Abduba Galma were arraigned before Martha Mutuku, the milimani court chief magistrate and the denied a charge of being in possession of an AK-47, 10 bullets, and being in the country illegally.
Mohammed Galmagar and Ibrahim Galma, a county government driver and mechanic respectively were arrested on February 6 this year, by the Border Patrol Unit at Elle Bor area in Turbi, Marsabit County.
However, the two Ethiopians namely Jara and Musa pleaded guilty for being in Kenya illegally but denied the other charges.
The four allegedly committed the offence on February 6, 2021 at Ele Borr area in Turbi sub county within Marsabit.
The arrest of the four suspects led to the manhunt for a Marsabit MCA who police alleged was linked to arms dealing suspected to have been used to fuel inter-ethnic clashes in the Turbi and Sololo areas.
The MCA later surrendered to authorities this month and was transferred to Nairobi for interrogation by the Anti-Terror Police Unit.
The prosecution opposed to the release of the two Ethiopians on bail on grounds that they don’t have a fixed residence and are likely not to attend court proceedings.
In an affidavit filed in court by Anti-terrorisim Police Unit officer Michael Bundi they want two Ethiopian men Galma Jara and Musa Dalacha detained pending the hearing and determination of the case saying if released on bail they are likely to fail to attend court