The Rastafari Society of Kenya has filed a case in court seeking to lift the law criminalising the use of marijuana. The society on Monday filed a petition seeking to be allowed to smoke marijuana as a process to connect with their 'maker'. "The impugned law which was enacted in the year 1994 is hostile and intolerant to persons professing the Rastafari faith yet we are in a new constitutional framework following the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 that is progressive and accommodative of diversity," they said through Lawyer Shadrack Wambui. Wambui said for a Rasta to fully manifest in his faith, it requires him or her to use marijuana or cannabis. He says the use of marijuana is solely used in either “meditation” and “reasoning sessions” which are religious meetings that involve group meditation.

Source: The Star May 17, 2021 10:52 UTC