By CHARLES WANYOROMore by this AuthorA 33-year-old farmer who was caught with game meat has pleaded with a magistrate’s court to set him free, saying he hunted the animals to save his family from starving. Mr Sammy Mwenda pleaded guilty to having three carcasses of the lesser kudu, suspected to have been hunted in the Meru National Park, saying he did it to fend for his family. He was arrested while ferrying the three animal carcasses of in a sack in Duse, Garbatulla in Isiolo County. “I pray for forgiveness since I was doing it to fend for my family. I have a large family and I am struggling to make ends meet,” Mr Mwenda told Maua Resident Magistrate Marcella Onyango.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2019 08:03 UTC