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New Bill proposes Sh1 million fine for met information without consent

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Kericho Senator and Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot at the National Dialogue Committee Bomas of Kenya on November 06, 2023. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot has sponsored a bill seeking to penalise the issuance of metrological information without the consent of the Met department.

Cheruiyo in the bill seeks to have such persons pay up to one million shillings in fines or one-year imprisonment.

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