Two brothers arrested with 203 kilos of game meat

Two suspected poachers were yesterday nabbed by police with 203kg of game meat and 16kg of tripe in Kajiado town.

Kenya Wildlife Services officers in collaboration with regular police, acting on a tip off, intercepted a Toyota Probox along Isinya-Kiserian road. The meat was packed in plastic bags stashed in the car.

Upon interrogation, the suspected poachers, who are brothers from Sholinke, in Kitengela, revealed they usually collude with other poachers who sell them the meat at Sh40 per kilogramme. They in turn sell the meat at Sh400 per kilogramme at Nairobi's Burma market.

KWS Director Southern Conservation area Julius Cheptei condemned the incident and warned poachers that they would face the music if caught.

"We have since discovered that poachers are killing the least expected animals like wildebeests, which they mix with beef. It seems there is a ready market for game meat, encouraging poachers to continue with the vice," warned Cheptei.

Wildebeests mix and graze freely with cattle in Kajiado County.