The Pentagon announced Bajabu’s release on Tuesday, saying Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had notified Congress of the decision to repatriate him to Kenya last month.
Bajabu was arrested by Kenyan authorities in Mombasa in 2007 and transferred to Guantanamo weeks later for alleged involvement with al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa.
The Periodic Review Board, which assesses the status of detainees, determined in 2021 that Bajabu “was no longer necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States”.
