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A man has moved to court, seeking to compel the government to remove him from the terrorist blacklist, claiming that he has been going through untold pain for the last six years.
In his case, Abdalla Abdlkadir Mohamed, who hails from Lamu County, has sued the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Immigration and the Attorney General, saying that since 2019, whenever he arrives at the airport or the border, he is stopped and referred to the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU).
Mohamed told the High Court that he is detained and questioned for being in the country’s terror suspects black book.
“On inquiry, the petitioner is informed that he is stopped, detained, and questioned because his name allegedly appears on “a list.” However, he has never been given details of the alleged “list,” the reason why he appears on such a “list,” or any alleged offence that led to him being placed on the “list.” He is also not informed of any orders issued against him that warrant his continued stopping, detention, and questioning,” his lawyer Taib Ali Taib said.
