A Kenyan court found Ahmed Mohammed and Sayed Mansour guilty of plans to attack a Western target in Kenya, after they were caught with nearly 33 pounds of explosives in Nairobi last June.
They are also being charged with participation in a terrorist group that planned to bomb British, U.S. or Israeli areas in the capital and the southern city of Mombasa.
The two men plead not guilty on all charges, but the judge did not spare them, ruling that both Mohammed and Mansour had been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt of each charge, reports the BBC.
Lawyers claimed that Mohammed and Mansour possessed bombs "in circumstances that indicated they were armed with the intent to commit a felony, namely, acts intended to cause grievous harm."
They could spend 15 years in prison as a result.
The suspects, both of Iranian descent, landed in Kenya on June 12, 2012. After going to port city Mombasa to get the highly dangerous explosive RDX, they hid the bomb at a golf course in the city.
Kenyan police found the hidden explosives, and traced them back to Mohammed and Mansour, who were arrested one week later.
Police claim there is still one more accomplice who has not yet been caught.
Not much is known about the terrorist group that the two suspects allegedly are part of, but investigators did say that they think the assembly has shipped upwards of 85 kilos (187 pounds) of bombs into Kenya.
Sergeant Erick Opagal of Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit said that Mohammed and Mansour have a large network "in the country meant to execute explosive attacks against government installations, public gatherings and foreign establishments."
The suspects will receive their sentencing on May 6.
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