Former NACADA chairman John Mututho now says the proposal by Presidential candidate Professor George Wajackoya to legalize bhang is both unworkable and illegal.
According to Mututho, the idea that Marijuana growing could help address the country’s economic hardships is completely unfounded.
In the last couple of weeks, Wajackoya has indicated that he will legalize bhang if elected president, noting that the trade in Marijuana could free the country from its debt obligations.
Mututho, however, says countries like Jamaica and Ethiopia where bhang was legalized were facing even harsher financial times.
He insists that growing bhang will in no way spur the country’s economy and instead will push more youth into addiction.
“The idea by Wajackoya on legalizing bhang is pure lies as no country in the world has gained from the illegal crop,” he said.
Speaking in Naivasha, Mututho added that the legalized bhang in Europe was weaker compared to the species grown locally.
“I have a rehabilitation center where a majority of the patients have been affected by smoking bhang and we should not legalize this,” he said.
On the high cost of farm inputs, Mututho attributed the shortage of fertilizer to cartels who, he claimed, are creating an artificial shortage.
Mututho who is seeking the Senate seat in Nakuru said that this had led to low production and a drop in maize harvest thus benefiting the traders who were importing duty-free maize.
“The current food and economic crisis are caused by poor management coupled with graft within government institutions,” he said.
On the fake degrees saga, Mututho termed the issue as serious adding that all those involved should be blocked from elections.
On his part, Naivasha ODM parliamentary candidate Antony Rebo termed as shameful the ongoing debate on academic qualifications.
He proposed that in the future aspirants should deposit their academic documents with IEBC months earlier to give them ample time to vet them.
“The independent commissions should invest in water-tight systems that will block aspirants from issuing fake academic documents,” he said.
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