High Court Rules on Legalisation of Bhang
The latest ruling followed a petition filed by the Rastafari community, which sought the court's intervention to allow the legalisation of marijuana...
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The High Court has dismissed a petition by the Rastafari community seeking to decriminalise marijuana on religious grounds, upholding existing Kenyan laws against its possession and use.
- The ruling means that the cultivation, possession, trafficking, and use of bhang remain illegal in Kenya.
- The petition was filed by members of the Rastafari community, who argued that cannabis is central to their religious practices.
- Justice Bahati Mwamuye stated that the evidence provided did not meet the legal threshold to invalidate current legislation criminalising marijuana.
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