Jamila Maalim Hussein Eymoi, 24, has been charged with possessing a firearm without a permit.
Eymoi has appeared before Mandera Senior Resident Magistrate Mukabi Kimani. The accused said she was transporting the firearm to a potential buyer.
Police records showed that the suspect stole the AK-47 from a Somalia National Army (SNA) officer in Bulahawa, Somalia. The firearm was fitted with a magazine loaded with at least 13 rounds of ammunition.
In the third count, she pleaded guilty to entering the country through an illegal point.
Eymoi entered Kenya from Somalia last Tuesday at about 6pm and proceeded to Busley estate passing through Mandera town undetected by the police.
It remained unclear how the police manning the border failed to detect the firearm in her luggage. She claimed she was cleared by police to get into Mandera from Bulahawa.
“I was given the gun by another lady in Bulahawa to bring it to someone in Mandera town. The lady told me I will have no problem at the border with the police,” a teary Eymoi told the court.
The court will deliver judgement on Monday.
