The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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Over supply into the market ! And not the crappy stuff but the premium khat :stylin: The over supply will result in lower prices in the short term for grazers in Kenya, Somalia, and the greater region.

Kenya Farmers Call on Britain to Reverse Khat Ban
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NAIROBI — Kenyan politicians and khat traders are calling on the government to initiate talks with British officials to reverse the ban on khat and save the multi-million dollar agricultural sector from collapsing.

Kenyan farmers say the new British ban on the leafy stimulant, also known as "miraa," will have a significant adverse impact their businesses and the nation's economy. The plant, which grown in Kenya's cooler central regions for export to several European countries and Somalia, is worth big money for Kenya.

According to Kipkorir Menjo, director of the Kenya Farmers Association, the ban threatens the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people.

“The miraa industry is going to face a serious challenge because they are people in the supply chain, the farmers who are planting the crop, fellows who have been distributing, fellows who have been exporting," he said. "The whole industry is likely to collapse because this is a major market which has been earning this people good money, of course also earning the country foreign exchange.”

On Wednesday, British Home Secretary Theresa May banned the herbal stimulant, saying her country could become a transit route for illegal shipments into other European countries.

The head of the Global Miraa Industry Dealers Network, Jephat Muroko, calls the ban political.

“To me it’s a pure politics, and not only politics but also oppressive to the miraa industry traders," he said.

"I think it’s part of the consequences," he added, referring to Kenya's election of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces trial at the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity. "But I wonder about our government, why it’s quiet about this thing.”

Kenya's khat traders once exported about 20 tons of the crop to the Netherlands each week, before that country joined several other European neighbors, including France and Germany, in banning the leafy stimulant.

Britain imported 36 tons each week prior to implementing its own ban.

Menjo says both khat farmers and traders need to start lobbying Britain to lift the ban or start planting other cash crops.

“If there will be no headway then they will have to think for other options, but I think for now I don’t want to conclude that nobody will listen to them," he said. "Hopefully they will get some way out, but if it’s not possible they will have to think some other ways of getting their livelihood.”

As the farmers and traders digest the latest development from Europe, another battle awaits them inside Kenya: The National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse is lobbying the government to have khat classified as an illegal drug.
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Re: The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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A blessing for the miraa eaters in england. I am sure we will not cry over mirungi.
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Good move by the UK government.. now I wish khat get banned in all Somali regions.
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Re: The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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AbdiWahab this is good, we want the Kenyan economy to be crippled for their misadventure in Somalia
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The farmers vowed to triple miraa exports to Somalia with cheaper prices :(
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Nacalaa idinku yaal!! waar wuxu gratuation xumaa?

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Re: The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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LeJusticier wrote:Nacalaa idinku yaal!! waar wuxu gratuation xumaa?

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What a great gift ! What a bouquet ! No stupid flours that wither and dye after 2 days.
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Re: The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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I prefer Caasha waal somali special rum

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Re: The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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Le Justicier,

How many mornings did you find yourself in the alley near Al Uruba Hotel after passing out ? Caasha waal was a crazy bi.tch.
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Re: The Silver Lining in the UK Khat Ban

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AbdiWahab252 wrote:Le Justicier,

How many mornings did you find yourself in the alley near Al Uruba Hotel after passing out ? Caasha waal was a crazy bi.tch.
When nostalgia sets in, I do reminisce over my heyday in Mogadishu in1985/86 and how I became popular in Uruba, Juba, and 54......

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