The Cannabis plant that is illegal in Kenya Photo/www.scoopwhoop.com
Bhang smokers might celebrate soon if Gwada Ogot’s petition to legalize cannabis will go through. Ogot appeared before a senate committee and explained the importance on bhang including the numerous ailments it cures and its great industrial applications.
He stated that over 6,077 ailments can be treated using cannabis. The petitioner urged Kenya to follow in the footsteps of Jamaica, Costa Rica, Colombia, Czech Republic, Mexico, Germany, Australia and Ireland in legalizing bhang.“The age of legal cannabis is here with us. Time-based, cyclic and coincides with the age of light and knowledge. Cannabis is God’s plant, a gift to mankind just as the many minerals he has in store for Kenya. No one can stop this. This effort to legalise cannabis in Kenya is a first and conscious step towards achieving medicinal and industrial self-sufficiency nationally and continentally. It is also a statement to Western nations Kenya and Africa have come of age because it is they who precipitated the ban. Industrial cannabis offers Africa a comprehensive and valuable raw material base, necessary for transformation from a net consumer of imported goods and commodities to a net producer and exporter,” Ogot said as quoted by the Star.Ogot admitted his use of the banned plant in his teens. Senator Machage promised that the Senate will investigate Ogot’s petition without incriminating him (Ogot).