Wheels of justice begin to creak then come to a standstill when bigwigs are in the dock
Officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service display a python that was presented before a Mombasa Court as exhibit when a man was charged for carrying the reptile without a permit. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
The swift trial of a man caught ferrying a snake without authorisation from the Kenya Wildlife Service has set off an angry storm on social media. The ill-fated ‘snake charmer’ was handed a Ksh1 million ($10,000) fine or one-year imprisonment.
Given the man’s insistence that the snake was for personal entertainment and not for sale, was the sentence commensurate with the crime? Could the judge not have ordered community service at a KWS park?
