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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Georgesoros on October 21, 2014, 12:16:47 AM

Title: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Georgesoros on October 21, 2014, 12:16:47 AM: I told you.
http://news.yahoo.com/china-crackdown-qat-chewers-094500338--politics.html
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: veritas on October 21, 2014, 06:27:04 PM: Oh dear. That stuff kills soils. Needs a lot of water.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Olekoima on October 22, 2014, 10:03:50 AM: Can't imagine a Chinese chewing that stuff. :D
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Omollo on October 22, 2014, 04:18:12 PM: We have to seriously review this whole idea of selling forbidden drugs to other people around the world. I think Kenya should not just stop the cultivation of miraa but must also ban its consumption. If other countries have found it fit to ban it, so should we before the rest of the world by administrative action places this stuff on the same list as cocaine and heroin. We have a duty to be responsible people and not simply greedy for money.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: veritas on October 22, 2014, 04:19:36 PM: Chinese enjoy chewing. They're chewers. Dried squid etc.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Omollo on October 22, 2014, 04:32:07 PM: May be that is why their government banned the stuff

Quote from: veritas on October 22, 2014, 04:19:36 PM
Chinese enjoy chewing. They're chewers. Dried squid etc.
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The Chinese government banned qat earlier this year, and classified the plant as a dangerous narcotic. Chinese media has blitzed the airwaves with public service announcements and special features on news programs to warn their viewers about the dangers of qat. They call it �Arab Tea.� Some presenters claim that qat is like heroin, a depressant. Others say it�s like meth, a stimulant. Some say it is used as a date-rape drug by dark-skinned men. Others say it�s sold as amaranth, a common vegetable that is served as a side dish in Chinese homes, to get unsuspecting shoppers hooked.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: veritas on October 22, 2014, 04:38:25 PM: Yep. Should be banned. Qat has the potential to flourish in China.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Olekoima on October 22, 2014, 05:40:42 PM: I think the areas that grow Miraa in Kenya could easily grow tea. Why not switch to this then?
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: veritas on October 22, 2014, 05:50:32 PM: Kericho owns tea monopolies. The Somalis and neighboring countries need their qat.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Olekoima on October 22, 2014, 06:01:11 PM: Well, they can grow their own gat then.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: veritas on October 22, 2014, 06:04:05 PM: Why? Qat/drugs is a lucrative sector in Kenya. Plus MK has the perfect climate for it. Apparently can breed long healthy stems.. Somalia is too arid.
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: Olekoima on October 22, 2014, 06:07:16 PM: Quote from: veritas on October 22, 2014, 06:04:05 PM
Why? Qat/drugs is a lucrative sector in Kenya. Plus MK has the perfect climate for it. Apparently can breed long healthy stems.. Somalia is too arid.

Why? In case we go a head with the ban (well if Kenya bans it).
Title: Re: They found a new market for Miraa - China..
Post by: veritas on October 22, 2014, 06:18:30 PM: Kenya will never ban it. Too lucrative and it fuels election war chests. Tends to be the case among politicians not just in Kenya.