Kenyan based courts fighting to shutdown Somali pirates

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

New revelations are starting to unravel in the Kenyan courtrooms as the nine young men are being trialed. The lawyers representing both the defence and prosecution were sending legalistic blows to each other while the translator was busy changing each sentence from English to Somali and vice versa.

When the pirates are finally captured by the international warships that are in the vicinity of the Gulf of Aden and sea off the coast of Somalia then they are brought to the city of Mombasa and there they are tried in the Kenyan courts.

According to the latest court hearings, it has been revealed and proven that it is very difficult to prosecute the gangs enagaged in the acts of piracy. The main problem with securing any form of legal conviction lies in the lack of evidence in catching the pirates in their act.

Wanini Kireri who is the main officer in charge called upon the pirates as “blessing in disguise”, because according to the various sources Kenya has a deal where the judiciary and prison based system is getting upgrade. According to these sources about US $7 million in additional funding is being provided to fully support the prosecutions of pirates in Kenya courts.

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