Kenyans online get high on bhang legalisation petition
Researcher, writer and political analyst Sammy Gwada Ogot petition to the Senate to legalise bhang in Kenya has been met with excitement.
The Senate on Wednesday, led by Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka confirmed the receipt of a petition seeking to decriminalise Cannabis Sativa and its derivatives from petitioner Sammy Gwada Ogot.
The upper house of the Parliament, which came back from recess on Wednesday, acknowledged two petitions in its sittings, Mr. Ogot’s and Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) petition regarding the 2013 – 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for Universities Academic Staff.
The Senate has received a petition from Mr. Sammy Gwada Ogot seeking decriminalization of the Cannabis Sativa plant and its derivatives.
— Senate of Kenya (@Senate_KE) November 29, 2017
Mr. Ogot, formerly introduced the petition to the Senate earlier this year but the petition faced rejection from Makueni Senator Mr Kilonzo Jr who opposed it.
If Bhang is legalised in Kenya it will mean that it will be removed from narcotic drugs and listed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1994.
Those serving jail terms for offenses related to the drug will be decriminalised if the petition turns into law.
Kenyans online are pretty excited with the idea.
Give that man a tusker
— Mck Mckenzie (@Afro_Mck) November 29, 2017
If Jubilee wants to unite Kenya without police force or NASA demo.This is the right direction to take without President Uhuru breaking a sweat or National Agenda or gory images we see on TV pic.twitter.com/FfcLOKhFON
— ben (@14may125) November 29, 2017
Give that man a medal
— cool runnings© (@adiyobra) November 29, 2017
Tree of life never hurt Nobody#legalizecannabissativa pic.twitter.com/LirDrUtS7s
— Braxton Lord (@braxton_lord) November 29, 2017
We whole heartedly support this petition.
— Myrddin (@TheLantean) November 29, 2017
Marijuana is not a drug. It is a plant given to us by the most high God.
— Njoki is woke (@Naomi_Wango_) November 30, 2017
i endorse this message
— MadeOfBlack (@Steveochi_) November 29, 2017
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