NASA Strategist David Ndii Confesses to Smoking Bhang, Wants It Legalized in Kenya

National Super Alliance (Nasa) chief strategist David Ndii has confessed to smoking excessive levels of bhang during his youthful years.

The controversial economist now wants the government to legalize sale and use of the drug, arguing that it's non-addictive.

"I was addicted to cigarettes, struggled a lot to quit. I smoked a lot of pot in my youth, never had cravings or withdrawal symptoms. "You’d have to smoke a hell of a lot of pot to get addicted, if at all," Ndii said in a series of tweets.

Ndii was reacting to a recent incident where Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) nabbed 17 kilos of marijuana worth Sh680,000 at the Kenya-Uganda border. The substance was being smuggled into the country for sale.

Ndii questioned why government has legalized use and sale of cigarettes which are more harmful to human bodies but has banned use of bhang. He claims the State was protecting big companies that manufacture cigarettes.

"Why is marijuana (non-additive medicinal) illegal and cigarettes (addictive carcinogen) legal. Because ordinary people can roll their own joints, but cigarettes are made by big capitalists, that's why," he claimed.