On Tuesday, Narok Senator Ledama Olekina impressed Kenyans with a video of himself in a marijuana (Bhang) plantation, saying it should be legalized in Kenya.
In the video, Ledama is almost buried in plants as he mentions the medicinal benefits of the plant that has been a source of controversy over the years.
The Senator mentioned that he was in a country called Lithuania where its legal to plant marijuana. He also mentioned that his host told him that the type of marijuana planted in his farm is called hemp, and is used for construction, and making ropes.
“I am right in the middle of a firm in a place called Lithuania. What you can see here is actually Marijuana and it is taller than me. Why is it that we in Kenya are still stuck in the old ways of saying that this is an illegal drug? My host is telling me that this is Hemp and it is used for construction. If this is good in reducing the pain for cancer, why not legalise it?” he said.
He further argued that if the drug was not good for people, other countries would not have legalised it.
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