Kampala (Alshahid) – Uganda government has Wednesday said that Kenya has handed over a suspected member of Somalia’s hard-lined faction Alshabab to them.

Fred Opolot, Ugandan government spokesman, said the suspect named Ali Isa Ssenkumba was arrested by Kenyan police in Nairobi last week and handed over to Uganda on Tuesday.

This moves comes after three bombs detonated simultaneously killing 73 people and more than twice the number were injured in the Ugandan capital of Kampala,

Mr. Opolot said that Ugandan authorities are trying to establish any connection between the suspect and the bombing incident.