Is their a silent revolution that is rising that is pushing for the legalization of bhang? Although it is not legal in Kenya the number of people using it illegally is just so high,let us not pretend that this is news.
Few weeks ago drugs worth millions were nabbed packed in beauty cosmetics packages.The drugs were nabbed in JKIA.
Yesterday alone, heroine worth millions was nabbed in Nairobi city center ,GPO. Other packs of bhang was also impounded in Embu county. It is mean Kenya is slowly turning into a drug trafficking nation?
Police in Migori uprooted Sh15 million bhang planted on 1.5 acres along the border with Tanzania. Acting on a tip-off, they traced the farm in the remote Buembu village and found the crop that was ready for harvest. When Administration Police Commander Julius Mukanda led officers to the farm, some suspects escaped on foot to Tanzania.
One of them, a relative of a notorious drug kingpin, was arrested and is helping police with investigations.
“We found the suspects harvesting the drug. They had already packed 20 sacks,” Mukanda said.
Police uprooted the plants and took them to Migori police headquarters for destruction.
“We have intelligence reports that bhang smugglers have shifted from Tanzania and are now planting bhang in villages near the Kenyan border,” Mukanda said.
He said the suspect in custody will help police track smugglers in Nairobi and Mombasa, where the drugs were destined. This arrest and drugs impounding come as few politician are trying to push the agenda of bhang legalization for medicinal use in Kenya.