Driver Linked to the Abduction of Cuban Doctors in 2019 Found Guilty
Former Mandera county driver Issack Ibrein Robow who was linked to the abduction of two Cuban doctors in 2019 was found guilty on Wednesday 16th for committing a terrorist act.
Christine Juma 
Rowbow was charged with facilitating the kidnapping and hostage-taking of Dr. Assel Herrera Correa and Dr. Landy Rodriguez Hernandez on April 12, 2019, about 9 a.m. in Mandera town, in collaboration with those not before the court. At the time, the accused was driving two doctors who had been assigned to the Mandera County Referral Hospital on a temporary basis.
Constable Mutundo Kitambo, a police officer assigned to escort duties, was murdered in the event.
The ex-Madera employee was accused of commission of a terrorist attack, kidnapping, and hostage, acquiring registration under false pretenses, and being unlawfully in Kenya.
The two Cuban doctors were kidnapped in Kenya in April 2019 by the Al-Shabaab terror group in Mandera Town.
They were later set free on October 7th, 2020 after months of negotiations with their Kidnappers. They had been abducted for a year and a half.
The abducted doctors were among a group of 100 Cuban specialists who arrived in June 2018 for work under an agreement between the two countries.
Following the event, some of their coworkers stationed near the Kenya-Somalia border were relocated to a safer location.
Senior Cuban officials traveled to Kenya in an attempt to secure their release. Following the incident, officials in Mandera changed their tactics, advocating for the construction of a perimeter wall along the main border and the use of private security to supplement security operations.
