Nelson Havi To Go To Court To Have Marijuana Made Legal
His move, should it prove successful, would allow the growing, processing, and use of the hard drug to be made legal.

Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi has declared his plans to legalize the general use of marijuana in Kenya by going to court against a law that currently makes it illegal.
Early on Sunday morning, March 30, Havi revealed that he will file a constitutional petition seeking to have every section in the Constitution that criminalises marijuana in the country revoked.
His move, should it prove successful, would allow the growing, processing, and use of the hard drug to be made legal.
"I will, in the next coming week, file a constitutional petition to declare as unconstitutional all sections of the law criminalizing the growing, processing, sale and use of marijuana. We must level the vibes," he wrote on X.
A photo of marijuana leaves. /MEDLINE PLUS
Havi’s statement follows a thought-provoking post he shared on the same platform just a day earlier, questioning the rationale behind its criminalization.
In his post, he pointed out that the plant grows naturally and argued that it was illogical to deem its use illegal.
"I have never understood the criminalization of marijuana. It is a naturally growing plant that Jah gave to man," he stated.
His remarks come on the back of numerous crackdowns led by anti-drug abuse agencies and local authorities, including the police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), targeting drug dens and disrupting supply channels of the drug, which carries a high value in the market globally.
Raids have seen dealers, traffickers, and even users arrested across the country, of all walks of life, over the drug, with calls to have it legalised in Kenya made but stumbling in countless attempts. Havi is thus turning to his legal expertise and the Judiciary arm of government for what would be a historic achievement.