Sand dealers brace for strict rules as MCA introduces bill to regulate trade

Loisukut harvesting site in Makurian group ranch where sand harvesters have exhausted sand mining to rock-level leading to destruction of water holding areas. [Jacinta Mutura/Standard]

Sand dealers who are caught operating without permits could face hefty fines or be sent to prison.

A raft of proposed regulations on sand harvesting and quarrying are calling for traders in the commodity who fail to acquire licenses to be fined up to Sh1 million or be jailed for five years.