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Traders prepare muguka for sell at Muraru market in Mbeere South, Embu County, on Friday. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]
Muguka farmers have criticised an East Africa Legislative Assembly MP for claiming the stimulant had effects similar to those of bhang.
Legislator Mpuri Aburi, while addressing a public forum in Meru County last week, said muguka was similar to bhang and hence Embu region, which grows it, should not allocated it a share of the miraa kitty.
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