The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has charged a Mombasa-based lawyer with collecting and providing property and services to facilitate a terrorist act, contrary to Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Andrew Chacha Mwita appeared before the Kahawa Law Courts, where he faced two counts under the Anti-Terrorism legislation.
Prosecution told court that on 6th July 2024, Mwita, together with others not in court, received Ksh. 12,854 via his mobile phone from a Binance account operated by an Islamic State East Africa cell to fund a terrorist act.
He is further accused of receiving Ksh. 30,110 from the same account on the 2nd of August 2024.
The lawyer pleaded not guilty to both charges and was released on a personal bond of Ksh. 5 million, with two guarantors.
The case is scheduled for mention on 20th January 2026.
Prosecution told court that the severity of terrorist financing charges is not determined by the amounts involved, but by the broader threat such acts pose to Kenya and the international community.
Further, Prosecution noted that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommends that investigations and prosecutions of terrorist financing be treated with utmost seriousness, with strict safeguards to maintain the integrity of the judicial process.