{"id":119981,"date":"2025-08-19T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/govt-targets-cannabis-laced-bread-mandazi-in-universities\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:06:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:06:42","slug":"govt-targets-cannabis-laced-bread-mandazi-in-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/govt-targets-cannabis-laced-bread-mandazi-in-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt targets cannabis-laced bread, mandazi in universities"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 \u2013 The government has announced new measures to curb the rising use of cannabis and other drugs in Kenyan universities, warning that the trend is endangering students\u2019 wellbeing and threatening the country\u2019s future workforce.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Monday said security agencies had flagged an alarming practice in which cannabis sativa is baked into snacks such as bread, mandazi, and kangumu<\/em> and sold to students within campuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the menace of drugs, particularly cannabis sativa, students in colleges and universities are being targeted through food items like bread, mandazi, and kangumu<\/em>. These are disguised as ordinary snacks but are baked with cannabis,\u201d Murkomen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEdible cannabis is now prevalent around our universities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murkomen was speaking during a security consultative forum, Jukwaa la Usalama<\/em>, in Kiambu, where he announced that sub-county security committees will now be required to involve university and college leaders in their meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have directed sub-county security committees to incorporate the leadership of colleges and universities in their security meetings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dean of students, student leadership, local church leaders, and the business community must all be invited to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

NACADA alarm <\/h2>\n

The CS\u2019s warning comes months after the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) raised alarm over increased drug use in institutions of higher learning.<\/p>\n

In February, NACADA released a nationwide survey conducted in 17 universities and involving more than 15,000 students. The report revealed that about 70 percent of those arrested for drug use or possession were students, with cannabis, synthetic drugs, and alcohol topping the list.<\/p>\n

NACADA Chief Executive Officer Anthony Omerikwa at the time described the growing popularity of synthetic drugs as especially dangerous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is like fighting an invisible enemy,\u201d Omerikwa said. \u201cYou don\u2019t see it coming, but by the time you realize it\u2019s there, it\u2019s already too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the findings should serve as a \u201cwake-up call\u201d for the country, stressing that substance abuse had outgrown being a campus issue to become a national crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis report will inform deliberate measures to either strengthen what we are already doing or inject new strategies to combat drug use,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Murkomen maintained that the government\u2019s response will not rely solely on policing but on collective responsibility, involving schools, faith institutions, and local businesses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 19 \u2013 The government has announced new measures to curb the rising use of cannabis and other drugs in Kenyan universities, warning that the trend is endangering students\u2019 wellbeing and threatening the country\u2019s future workforce. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Monday said security agencies had flagged an alarming practice in which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}