'MEDICINAL PURPOSES'“Research has indicated that bhang can be used for medicinal purposes to cure diseases. It is disease resistant and can be replanted several times a year without use of pesticides,” Mr Ogot argued in the petition. “I pray the House recommends amnesty for all people jailed for possession, usage, sale, cultivation and transportation of cannabis sativa. Criminalising cannabis creates criminals where none existed,” Mr Ogot said. The problem with Kenyans is living in denial,” said Mr Mong’are, who confessed to having used the drug in his youth.

Source: Daily Nation February 15, 2017 14:56 UTC