https://youtu.be/z1n0UUVtfec Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged the judiciary to adopt environmental conservation sentences instead of custodial sentences. The DP spoke on Wednesday during the closing of the third symposium on Greening Judiciaries in Africa. Gachagua said most of the offenders are hustlers and may not raise the fines. "Diverse research shows that detentions and prisons in most African countries hold more than thrice their capacity. In others, more than half of the detainees are petty offenders. Petty offences are punishable by a fine, jail term or both," Gachagua said. "Instead of custodial sentences I urge the judiciary to embrace environmental conservation sentences as has recommended in a host of criminal justice reports," he said https://youtu.be/z1n0UUVtfec https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2023-04-05-embrace-sentences-that-conserve-environment-gachagua-urges-judiciary/