United States President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed sanctions on several Kenyans over alleged support to terrorist groups.
And following the announcement, the US will seize their assets and bar Americans from entering into financial dealings with them.
In an update on sanctioned individuals released on Wednesday, and seen by the Business Daily, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added Garissa based Sheikh Hassaan Hussein Adam (Hussein), Sheikh Hassaan (Omar), Mr Hassan Mahad (Omar) and Mr Hassan Mahat.
Egyptian born Kenyan citizens Al Masri, Abd Al Wakil (Ali) and Moustafa Ali Elbishy (Al Masri are also in the blacklist alongside Mombasa-based Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi (Muhajir, Musa), who is a Somalia national.
The action also includes a freeze on any assets that the individuals may hold in the US.
