Poachers should get life in jail, says CS Balala

Tourism and Wildlife CS Najib Balala during the Memorial service of Sudan, the last Male Northern White Rhino at Rhino cemetery within Ol Pejeta conservancy in Laikipia County on March 31, 2018. [Photo by Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Poachers deserve harsher sentences, Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said.

Speaking at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki during the memorial service of Sudan, the last Northern male white rhino that died two weeks ago, Mr Balala said light punishments have contributed to a rise in poaching.