Sand dealers face a Sh4m fine for night transport in new law

Sand harvesters extract sand from Ewaso Nyiro River at Archer’s Post in Samburu County on November 9, 2024. 

Photo credit: Boniface Mwangi | Nation Media Group

Sand dealers face a fine of as much as Sh4 million or a jail term of up to four years for transportation of the key construction input outside the designated time of between 6 am and 6 pm in new regulations likely to put pressure on the prices of the commodity.

The newly published Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Sand Harvesting) Regulations, 2024 now require transportation of sand to be done before nightfall.

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