By Hezron Kute

Uhuru Kenyatta’s maiden flight to Kingston, Jamaica aboard what was the first direct flight to the country happened after the death of the Late Hon Ken Okoth who championed for the legalization of marijuana caused Kenyans to open up on whether legalization of marijuana could be beneficial to the county’s economy.

Results according the poll conducted on the question of legalization of marijuana was met with different reactions by voters. While some thought the drug should only be legalized for medical purposes many others thought it wise to legalize the drug both for medical and recreational purposes. A handful of other voters also thought it did not matter the legality status of marijuana, people would still use it whether it was illegal or not.

Kenyans aired their views on various social media platforms some supporting the idea and others going against legalization of the drug. Marijuana use has been legalized in many county’s for both medical and recreational. Scientific outlook on the drug however is not clear with certain experts agreing that marijuana is harmless compared to tobacco and others arguing that marijuana abuse is as bad other drugs.

One thing is certain though, Kenya has a long way before marijuana is legalized for any reason. Kenya as we know is a conservative country where leaders have “better things to do” i.e. loot and steal public property.