A Kenyan man who admitted to killing and selling cat meat to samosa vendors within Nakuru Town has been sentenced to three years in prison for trading in the feline meat.
It is understood that the suspect James Kimani pleaded guilty to killing cats and selling the meat to unsuspecting customers, and was sentenced to three years in jail.
It was also gathered that the accused, who had sold over 1,000 cats to samosa vendors and a hotel in Nakuru since 2012, was almost lynched by a mob on Sunday.
Kimani, who was forced to carry the dead cat to court on Monday, was saved by the police from the irate mob that sought to lynch him when they found him skinning the animal, before he confessed to have skinned and sold over 1,000 cats.
Principal Magistrate Bernard Mararo sentenced James Kimani after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
In the first count, he was accused of willingly slaughtering a cat for the purpose of human consumption in Nakuru Town.
In the second count, he was charged with slaughtering the animal in an undesignated open place contrary to section 2 of the Meat Control Act.
In admitting the offence, Kimani pleaded for leniency claiming that he had been offered a job to deliver the cat meat at a higher price.
According to the Meat Control Act, it is dangerous to eat uninspected meat and meat from animals not prescribed to be food animals.
samosas since 2012, what the point of sending him to jail?
But while cat meat is considered unacceptable and a taboo in Kenya, it is a delicious meal in some countries.
Cats are regularly eaten in parts of West Africa, also in China, Vietnam and Korea.
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