Justice Bahati Mwamuye upheld Kenya's ban on bhang, ruling that the petition lacked merit, that cannabis use was not proved to be an essential element of the Rastafari faith.
Members of Kenya's Rastafarian community are challenging Cannabis Sativa’s prohibition laws in the High Court, arguing that the plant, deemed as a holy sacrament, is allegedly essential to their spiritual worship and meditation. [File, Standard]
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