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Why you risk going to jail for 6 years if found mistreating chicken

A trader ferries chicken on a motorbike along the Nakuru - Nairobi highway. [File, Standard]

When chicken is mentioned in our African society, food is the first thing that comes into our minds, thus the handling of the domestic bird has never been taken seriously in our African culture but this has been proved otherwise by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who has issued a warning for the arrest and prosecution of anyone found mistreating chickens.

Through the official twitter handle, the DCI has come out to condemn the mistreatment of chicken and further went on to explain how those found guilty of committing such cruelty to the domestic birds shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Sh3, 000 or to a jail term not exceeding six months, or both.

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