MCCR/520/2017 Republic vs. Joshua Mwengea Mwanzia and 3 Others
Sentencing Date: 2024-03-19
Offence Date: 2017-06-19
Magistrate: Senior Principal Magistrate Benson Ireri
Court: Makindu
Arrest Details: Four men were arrested by KWS in Makindu area while looking for a buyer of two tusks weighing 16 kg
Trial Duration: 81 Months
Sentence: Possession – Sec 92 (4): KES 1-million-shilling fine (USD $7,500) or in default 5 Years imprisonment
Four men fined Ksh.1M for attempting to sell elephant tusks worth Ksh.1.6M
By Citizen Reporter Published on: March 20, 2024 09:15 (EAT)
Four men were on Tuesday convicted at the Makindu Law Courts in Makueni County, for conspiring to sell two elephant tusks valued at Ksh.1.6 million without a permit in 2017.
Senior Principal Magistrate Benson Ireri ordered the quartet, Joshua Mwengea Mwanzia, Mashuba Ivuti, Tito Munguti and Muema Kamuti, to pay a fine of Ksh.1 million each or in default serve five years behind bars for their offences.
“On 18th June 2017, KWS officers were alerted that four people in Kibwezi township were looking for a buyer to sell elephant tusks, after which they were ambushed and arrested,” the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said in a statement on X.
While delivering the verdict, Ireri ruled that the four witnesses presented by the prosecution, led by Catherine Ngari, proved beyond all doubt that the accused persons were guilty of the said infractions.
Four charged with illegal possession of Sh1.6m ivory (Kenya)
Mutua Kameti, The Star
June 19, 2017
See link for photos.
Four men were on Monday charged with illegal possession of ivory worth Sh1.6 million.
Tito Munguti, Muema Kamuti, Joshya Mwanzia and Mashuba Ivuti denied being in possession of the two elephant tusks.
They were arrested on Sunday in Kibwezi town, Makueni county and will be remanded until Thursday as they await a pre-trial conference.
Two other men accused of illegally keeping a wild reptile at home were released on a Sh200,000 bond each.
Mwakera Mukala and Edwin Mwakera are said to have illegally confined a pangolin at Kishushe village, Makueni county.
Makindu senior resident magistrate Gerald Mutiso said the matter will be heard on October 9.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017-06-19-four-charged-with-illegal-possession-of-sh16m-ivory/
