BY SAM ALFAN.
Two visiting Iranian lawyers were found in possession of video clips capturing key government building and Isreali Embassy.
A Nairobi Court had today that, the two men and their Kenyan embassy driver are said to have taken the videos clips of Harambee house(President Office), Viglice house (Police headquarters) Jogoo house(National Police Service headquarters) KICC, NSSF,Kenya prison headquarters ,Panafric hotel and Embassy in Nairobi.
This was revealed to the court by the prosecution while opposing bail application by the two Iranian Sayed Nasrollah Ebrahim and Abdolhosein Gholi Safaee who are charged with collecting information to facilitate a terrorist act.
Moses Mboga who is a driver at the embassy is accused of aiding a terrorist act by driving a Toyota Prado belonging to the Iranian Embassy which had two occupants.
Prosecutor Duncan Ondimu opposed the bail application saying that the charges the three persons are facing are serious and should not be released on bail.
The court further heard that the prosecution is yet to recover a laptop that was in possession with the two Iranians.
lawyer AhmedNassir Abdullahi while applying for the accused persons to be releases on bail said that the two Iranians, practice law in Iran adding that they were in country to brief the law firm of AhmeNassir on a case in which two Iranians have been jailed for 15 years on terrorism charges.
“The issue that they were involved in terrorism act is not only absurd but unattainable,” AhmedNassir submitted.
The court heard that it’s not an offence to take pictures of iconic buildings in the country.
The court was also told that the government of Iran will avail the two anytime they are needed.
The two were arrested last Tuesday in an Iranian diplomatic car on Bishops Road in Nairobi, after they had come from visiting Kamiti Prison where they saw two other Iranians who have been jailed for 15 years on terrorism charges.
AhmedNassir urged the court to release the accused persons on bail pending trial arguing that there are no compelling reasons to warrant their detention.
Iran government through it embassy in Nairobi in a letter dated 5 of December, 2016 promised to ensure the two accused person appears in court where needed.
“We hereby give our irrevocable and unequivocal undertaking to ensure the presence of the accused person Dr Seyyed Nasrollahi Ebrahimi, Mr Abdolhossein Safae and Moses Keya Mmboga during the pendency of the trial before this court and further comply with any order or direction by the court” embassy wrote.
Dr Seyyed Nasrollahi Ebrahimi who is the second accused person is said to be a lawyer and lecturer at the Islamic Azad University, Busher and Refah University in Iran with a married family according to his replying affidavit filed in court.
Mr Ahmednasir said the Embassy has always s sought and been granted permission by the relevant Kenyan authorities for the two accused to meet their clients at Kamiti Prisons.
He refuted claims by prosecution that a Sony laptop was removed from the room mysteriously.
The police are currently tracking down the said Ismael Ng’ang’a who cleared the accused person room at city hotel.
Court will rule on whether to release them on bail or not on 13 of December 6, 2016.
