Kenyan High Court dismisses Rastafarian bid to legalise cannabis for religious worship

Kenya's High Court has dismissed a petition by a Rastafarian group seeking to legalise cannabis use for religious purposes, ruling they failed to prove constitutional violations.

• Justice Bahati Mwamuye ruled the community had not shown that the cannabis ban violated their constitutional rights.
• He said Kenya should hold "frank conversations" on cannabis policy as a national question.
• The Rastafarian community had argued that the ban infringed their right to religious freedom under the constitution.