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.

A Kenyan court refused to grant Rastafarians the right to smoke weed on religious grounds in a ruling Wednesday.

Rastafarians in Kenya express disappointment and a determination to appeal, after a court refused to grant them the right to smoke weed on religious grounds on Wednesday