A middle aged woman will serve a 12 years jail term after a Kabarnet court found her guilty of trading in wildlife trophies.
Esther Chebii, appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate (SRM) Edwin Mulochi for the offence which occurred on May 27, 2023 at around 6pm at Kabarnet town in Baringo central sub-county, where she was nabbed with five pieces of elephant tusks weighing 15.7 kilograms and 105 pieces of pangolin scales weighing two kilograms with a street value of Sh 2.37 million.
Chebii was charged with dealing in wildlife trophies of a specified critically endangered species, without permit or other lawful exemption, contrary to section 92 (2) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2013.
In the second count, the accused was charged with being in possession of a specified critically endangered species, without permit or other lawful exemption, contrary to section 92(4) as read with section 105 of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2013.
