MERU, KENYA: The declaration by the British Home Secretary, Theresa May, that the UK government will ban khat, popularly known as miraa, has triggered an uproar, especially among those directly involved with the multi-billion shillings business.Farmers representatives and politicians have vowed to petition the UK in the same way the Mau Mau veterans did a few months ago and won.
This is besides going to court in Kenya to force the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) to stop calling the coveted shrub a drug.
“The implementation of this ban will be an economic death sentence to not only the hundreds of thousands of miraa growers in Meru County but to many more who depend on the industry like sellers, transporters and exporters,” says the National Treasurer and spokesman for Nyambene Miraa Traders Association (NYAMITA), Kimathi M’munjuri.
“It will also crush institutions like schools and churches in Meru that depend on their miraa plantations for economic survival.”
More than 60 tonnes of miraa is exported to the United Kingdom weekly, sustaining millions of livelihoods. If implemented the ban will cost Kenya around Sh2 billion per year.
The Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) conducted a study that established that there was “insufficient evidence” that miraa caused health problems, but the Home Secretary insisted the findings might have overlooked some issues.
If London implements the ban khat, whose scientific name is catha edulis, will be classified as a Class C drug alongside substances like cannabis and ketamine.
Sources who talked to the Standard on condition of anonymity, said the ban could be implemented as early as next Monday.
After Netherlands banned the shrub on grounds that its usage was leading to littering, noise and posing a public nuisance, London became the major hub for miraa exports to Europe.
Other Western countries like the United States and Canada have also banned the substance on health grounds.
The case for Kenya’s miraa farmers is being complicated by a robust campaign by UK anti-khat activists led by Abukar Awale, a Briton of Somali descen
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Road Map kii Brussels. !!!!!
>Muqdisho, 24 July 2013 – Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamud ayaa maanta ka qeybgalay shir ay diblomaasiyiinta beesha caalamka isagu yimaadeen Muqdisho oo looga hadlayey shirka 16ka September ka dhacaya Brussels. Shirkan ayaa waxaa ka soo qeybgalay Wasiirka Maaliyadda iyo Qorsheynta Mudane Maxamud Xasan Suleymaan, Nick Westcott oo ah Agaasimaha guud ee Afrika ee Midowga Yurub, Marcus Cornaro oo ah Ku xigeenka Agaasimaha Guud ee Xiriirka iyo horumarka ee Midowga Yurub, Erygeyga Gaarka ah<;ee XG ee QM, Erygeyga Gaarka ee Midowga Africa, safiirka Midowga Yurub iyo safiiro kale iyo bulshada rayidka Soomaaliyeed.
Madaxweynaha oo khudbad ka jeediyey shirka isla markaana saxaafadda kula hadlay Muqdisho ayaa yiri “ Waxaan shirka Brussels ka sugeynaa inuu xasilinta iyo horumarka dalka qeybweyn ka qaato.”
Madaxweynaha ayaa sheegey in shira Brussels rajo weyn laga qabo, dowladdana ay isu diyaarisay, waxuuna yiri “Dowladdu juhdi badan bey gelisay shirkan oo loo xilsaaran guddi farsamo oo latashiyo la wada bulshada qeybaheeda kala duwan, si ay u soo ururiyaan baahiyaha kala duwan si dalka uu u noqdo mid horumar joogta ah ka sameeya dhanka xasilinta, amniga iyo siyaasadda. Rajo weyn baan ka qabnaa shirkan bacdamaa ay Midowga Yurub iyo Soomaaliyaba ay si wadajir ah uga wada shaqeynayaan sidii uu shirkan u noqon lahaa mid najaxa.”
Madaxweynaha ayaa khudbadiisa ku sheegey in dokumentiga la diyaarinayo uu yahay mid laga wada qeybgaliyey dhammaan bulshada Soomaaliyeed waxuuna yiri “ Dokumentiga COMPACT ee la diyaarinayo waa mid lagala tashtay bulshada rayidka ah, maamulada dalka ka jira oo dhan, iyo khubaro key takhasustay diyaarinta dokumentiyada. Dhammaan mashaariicda aan dooneyno in dalka laga hirgeliyo waxey noqonyaan kuwo laga fuliyo dhammaan dalka oo dhan.”
Madaxweynaha ayaa uga mahadceliyey Midowga Yurub iyo beesha caalamka sida ay uga go’antahay in Soomaaliya ay u noqoto dal xasilan oo horumar ballaaran taabanaya. Madaxweynaha ayaa yiri “Aad iyo aad baan uga mahadcelineynaa EU iyo beesha caalamka sida ay ugu go’antahay inay u taageeraan Soomaaliya, shirka Brussels waa mid ay Dowladda Soomaaliya la shir-guddoomineyso Midowga Yurub, kaasoo Dowladda Soomaaliya ay ku bandhigi doonto dokumenti (COMPACT) si wanaagsan loo diyaariyey oo ka tarjumaya baahida mashaariicda dib loogu dhisi karo dalka oo dhan. Waa fursad qaali ah oo dhammaan shacabka Soomaaliyeed ay ka wada faa’iideysan doonaan, shaqana u abuuri doono dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed, isla markaana xasilinooda iyo degennaanshaha dalka qeybweyn ka qaadan doona.”
- DHAMAAD –
Madaxweynaha oo khudbad ka jeediyey shirka isla markaana saxaafadda kula hadlay Muqdisho ayaa yiri “ Waxaan shirka Brussels ka sugeynaa inuu xasilinta iyo horumarka dalka qeybweyn ka qaato.”
Madaxweynaha ayaa sheegey in shira Brussels rajo weyn laga qabo, dowladdana ay isu diyaarisay, waxuuna yiri “Dowladdu juhdi badan bey gelisay shirkan oo loo xilsaaran guddi farsamo oo latashiyo la wada bulshada qeybaheeda kala duwan, si ay u soo ururiyaan baahiyaha kala duwan si dalka uu u noqdo mid horumar joogta ah ka sameeya dhanka xasilinta, amniga iyo siyaasadda. Rajo weyn baan ka qabnaa shirkan bacdamaa ay Midowga Yurub iyo Soomaaliyaba ay si wadajir ah uga wada shaqeynayaan sidii uu shirkan u noqon lahaa mid najaxa.”
Madaxweynaha ayaa khudbadiisa ku sheegey in dokumentiga la diyaarinayo uu yahay mid laga wada qeybgaliyey dhammaan bulshada Soomaaliyeed waxuuna yiri “ Dokumentiga COMPACT ee la diyaarinayo waa mid lagala tashtay bulshada rayidka ah, maamulada dalka ka jira oo dhan, iyo khubaro key takhasustay diyaarinta dokumentiyada. Dhammaan mashaariicda aan dooneyno in dalka laga hirgeliyo waxey noqonyaan kuwo laga fuliyo dhammaan dalka oo dhan.”
Madaxweynaha ayaa uga mahadceliyey Midowga Yurub iyo beesha caalamka sida ay uga go’antahay in Soomaaliya ay u noqoto dal xasilan oo horumar ballaaran taabanaya. Madaxweynaha ayaa yiri “Aad iyo aad baan uga mahadcelineynaa EU iyo beesha caalamka sida ay ugu go’antahay inay u taageeraan Soomaaliya, shirka Brussels waa mid ay Dowladda Soomaaliya la shir-guddoomineyso Midowga Yurub, kaasoo Dowladda Soomaaliya ay ku bandhigi doonto dokumenti (COMPACT) si wanaagsan loo diyaariyey oo ka tarjumaya baahida mashaariicda dib loogu dhisi karo dalka oo dhan. Waa fursad qaali ah oo dhammaan shacabka Soomaaliyeed ay ka wada faa’iideysan doonaan, shaqana u abuuri doono dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed, isla markaana xasilinooda iyo degennaanshaha dalka qeybweyn ka qaadan doona.”
- DHAMAAD –
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
THE SPEECH OF DRS. MARYAN QASIM
THE SPEECH OF DRS. MARYAN QASIM
I just love your piousness ad THE HIJAB ON YOU ALWAYS. May Allah be with you, protect you in this Dunya and in Akhiarah. You are working hard for your nation, may Allah Reward you with Jannah.