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Research record31 December 2021Journal article

Cannabis in Kenya

Samson Ndanyi

Southern Journal for Contemporary History · 2021

A historical study of cannabis in Kenya before independence in 1963, which opens with the 2018 Marijuana Control Bill introduced by Kenneth Okoth in Parliament. The author finds that the British colonial government sanctioned cannabis for medicinal use but prohibited it for recreational purposes among Africans. The essay places the history of cannabis in Kenya within a longer history of making and re-making citizens, and aims to close a gap in the historiography of cannabis in Kenya.

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Published31 Dec 2021

TypeJournal article

VenueSouthern Journal for Contemporary History

Year2021

DOI10.38140/sjch.v46i2.5623

CountryKenya

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2021-12-31 2026-10-15 Cannabis in Kenya Journal article History Samson Ndanyi Southern Journal for Contemporary History 2021 10.38140/sjch.v46i2.5623 https://doi.org/10.38140/sjch.v46i2.5623 https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/jch/article/download/5623/4374 A historical study of cannabis in Kenya before independence in 1963, which opens with the 2018 Marijuana Control Bill introduced by Kenneth Okoth in Parliament. The author finds that the British colonial government sanctioned cannabis for medicinal use but prohibited it for recreational purposes among Africans. The essay places the history of cannabis in Kenya within a longer history of making and re-making citizens, and aims to close a gap in the historiography of cannabis in Kenya. Kenya