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Horticulture a better alternative to miraa

Miraa (khat) farmers must wake up to the reality that their produce won’t be allowed to continue destroying lives and families for much longer.

The banning of the mildly narcotic weed in Britain is the latest setback for farmers and traders mainly from Meru, and more recently Embu, who have for years benefitted from a product that has wreaked havoc in families where its use is rampant.

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