Court Declines To Issue ID To Somali Man Charged With Forgery

A court rejected a bid by a Somali man to have his forged Kenyan identity card.

Abdirizak Mohamed Hassan is facing charges of obtaining Kenyan registration by false pretences.

The prosecution told court that the said ID is a crucial document to their case and hence cannot be released to the accused at the moment.

Hassan appeared before Kahawa Law Courts Magistrate Monday for a hearing of an application where the prosecution intended to move the court to revoke his bond terms citing interference of witnesses.

His lawyer pleaded with the court to have the prosecution release his ID and also asked the court to have the appearance be dispensed with.

However, the prosecution opposed the trajectory by the defence saying that the application at hand deals with cancellation of bond terms and hence attendance cannot be dispensed with.

“We believe his attendance is quite important, if the court rules that the bond terms should be cancelled therefore your honour we need to be aware of the accused person’s whereabouts,” the prosecution said.

The prosecution asked the court to grant them two weeks to be able to file further affidavit.

Hassan was charged with illegally obtaining Kenyan registration by presenting forged documents at Mandera North Sub-County Registrar of persons in September 2020.

He also faces another charge of giving false information to a District Registrar of Persons, Mandera North Sub-County in order to procure a Kenyan National ID.

Further, he is alleged to have been found unlawfully present in Kenya.

The prosecution alleges that the accused on November 10, 2024, at Eastleigh in Nairobi County, being a Somali National was found to be unlawfully present in Kenya.

The hearing of the case will be on February 18, 2025.