A woman and three men were Wednesday arraigned at the Kibera law courts, in Nairobi, for illegal possession of python skin valued at Sh200,000.
The court confirmed that the four, Teresia Maluki, Jacob Muthui, Samuel Kamau and Edward Mureithi were found with the reptile's skin without a permit, on February 2.
The suspects are said to have been arrested at Pioneer House parking lot along Moi Avenue in Nairobi.
They were also charged with dealing in government trophies without license from the Kenya Wildlife Service.
The suspects, however, denied the charges before senior Principal Magistrate Elizabeth Osoro and were each released on Sh500 000 bond with the case being set for hearing on May 9.
According to Wildlife Conservation and Mangement Act 2013, dealing in trophies or keeping trophies of wildlife (other that endangered species), attracts a fine of Ksh 1 Million or imprisonment for five years.
In October 2015, a man was sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of illegal possession of two elephant tusks.
Mr Matipei Parmaya was nabbed by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers who, in September 2014, were pursuing suspected poachers who had killed an elephant and removed its tusks in Tsavo West National Park. The Rangers found the accused in possession of the tusks.
