Court fines two Sh200,000 for possessing game meat

Two men were fined Sh200,000 by a Narok court for being in possession of game meat. Musegiria Nguruma and Lerian Risanjo appeared before Narok Senior Resident Magistrate Allan Temba Sitati yesterday.

They were charged with being in possession of 100kg of game meat belonging to an eland, without a license from the Kenya Wildlife Serve (KWS) in contravention of Wildlife Act 2013.

They had denied committing the offense on September 20, last year at Ilban village in Narok South sub-county. Their co-accused Nankut ole Pesi, was acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence.

The court was told that on the material day, rangers at Naibosho Conservancy discovered that two elands had been killed and their heads, skin and legs left behind.

They mounted a search and were tipped by the public that plenty of meat was being kept in a manyatta on the border of the conservancy. With the help of the police, they recovered 100kg of meat, which had been hanged outside to dry. They arrested Nguruma who was sleeping in the manyatta and Risanjo, who is said to be the owner of the house.

The magistrate ruled that the prosecution had proved their case against the accused. Sitati said the fact that the meat, which was produced in court as exhibit was found in a manyatta where Nguruma was sleeping, put him on the spot as an accomplice. "And the fact that Risanjo tried to run away when he saw the security personnel approach points to a guilty conscience," Sitati said.

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