KOT Joins MP Okoth in Petitioning Government to Legalize Marijuana

KIbra MP Ken Okoth.Photo/courtesy

The legalize it a debate is not new in the with a good number of Kenyans on Monday flock the social media calling for its decriminalization.

On September 21, 2018, Kibra Member of Parliament Ken Okoth devised a proposal seeking to have marijuana decriminalized in Kenya.Listed in the Standing Order 114(1), Okoth’s sketch of Marijuana Control Bill 2018 covered four arguments highlighting potential benefits that the country could have upon the adoption of the law.

The legislator is also pushing for decriminalization of handling of the drug and amnesty for those who may have been prosecuted for using or growing the plant.


Okoth is pushing for proper regulation of the marijuana farming sector. This he says will cater for the growers, traders and protecting minors once the step is achieved.He is further urging the government to set up institutions of research to aid in medical use of the product as well as other areas regarding intellectual property rights.

Majority of Kenyans who are now pushing for the same argue that there is no need to decremainalize it since it is already common among many Kenyans.

Here is what a good number of Kenyans have to say;

 

 

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