{"id":5635,"date":"2026-01-05T18:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/5635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:56:12","slug":"why-miraa-remains-in-kenyas-drugs-law-years-after-being-legalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/5635\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Miraa remains in Kenya&#8217;s drugs law years after being legalised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3pkwJiCR32OW7NVcL87xisXAHBXOJUFuciJjMs3U.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nMan holding miraa for sale. [File, Standard]&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The removal of miraa in the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act 1994 must be a top priority in the development of the crop, a lobby has said.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>The Nyambene Miraa Farmers and Traders Association (Nyamita) said the removal of the stimulant crop from the list of drugs as scheduled by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) should be prioritised by parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Unlock the Full Story \u2014 Join Thousands of Informed Kenyans Today\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Man holding miraa for sale. [File, Standard]&#13; The removal of miraa in the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80,4278,4280,4279],"class_list":{"0":"post-5635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya","9":"tag-miraamiraa-farmers","10":"tag-nacada","11":"tag-narcotic-and-psychotropic-substances-act"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}