Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate Lilian Lewa ordered each of the suspects to provide a Sh6 million bond and a surety of a similar amount or pay a Sh3 million cash bail each to secure freedom pending trial. They were faced with several charges among them destruction of infrastructure and dealing in scrap metal without a licence. They denied that on May 26 at Kavinduni in Mavumbo location, Kinango sub-county, they wilfully and unlawfully damaged the SGR line. The court was informed they had the intention of endangering lives knowing that SGR is essential to the community. They also denied dealing in scrap metal, namely 37 pieces of box clips, 18 pieces of silver-coated short metal rods, 37 pieces of y8 box clips and 20 long metal pipes without a licence.

Source: Standard Digital June 12, 2017 18:33 UTC