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Three jailed 16 years each for poaching of 187 dikdiks

Dik dik poachers

Kaviha Charo, Katana Unda and Bugo Suluhu at a Voi court on July 5, 2021, when they were each sentenced to 16 years in prison for poaching.

Photo credit: Lucy Mkanyika | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The court in Voi, Taita Taveta County, also ordered the three to pay a fine of Sh2.2 million each.

A Voi court has sentenced three people found guilty of poaching 187 dikdiks in Tsavo East National Park to 16 years in prison each.

In the ruling made on Monday, the court also imposed a fine of Sh2.2 million.