{"id":6526,"date":"2022-08-05T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/meet-the-kenyan-presidential-candidate-campaigning-on-marijuana-and-hyena-testicles-world-news\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T21:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:23:19","slug":"meet-the-kenyan-presidential-candidate-campaigning-on-marijuana-and-hyena-testicles-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=6526","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Kenyan presidential candidate campaigning on marijuana and hyena testicles | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As Kenya’s two main presidential contenders jostle for votes in the upcoming election, a third candidate has emerged on a marijuana-and-hyena testicles campaign to help solve the country’s economic woes.<\/p>\n

East Africa’s richest nation will hold elections on August 9, with veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto leading a tight race.<\/p>\n

However, reggae aficionado George Wajackoyah has emerged as a wild card candidate, pledging to erase the country’s debt with his “ganja solution”.<\/p>\n

Wajackoyah has attracted younger members of the electorate, and many say mainstream politicians have failed to tackle corruption, inflation and unemployment.<\/p>\n

The undertaker-turned-law professor has polled about 2% of the vote, but could have a say in the election if he endorses one of the front-runners or takes votes from another.<\/p>\n

During his campaign trial, he has promised to wipe out nearly $70bn (\u00a357.9bn) of Kenya’s debt by establishing a medical cannabis industry and exporting animal parts to China, where he says hyena testicles they are considered a delicacy.<\/p>\n

“I have created a new tribe, known as the ganja tribe,” he said, explaining its popularity.<\/p>\n

“These (politicians), they have helicopters, they have money, they have painted cars. I don’t even have a poster.”<\/p>\n

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\n It has caught the attention of younger voters, who feel disenfranchised by established politicians
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‘The ganja solution’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wajackoyah is a well-known figure in Nairobi’s club scene, and local media coverage of his presidential bid has led to speculation that he is backed by a larger campaign to try to attract the youth vote.<\/p>\n

However, he has dismissed these rumours, saying he has turned down offers of cash support from candidates.<\/p>\n

Instead, he dreams of smoking weed in the president’s office.<\/p>\n

“Let’s go to the house of the State and we will smoke it to remove the colonial impurities,” the 62-year-old man said in his
Wood-paneled office, wearing a cloth and listening to a Hare Krishna prayer.<\/p>\n

Other policies in his manifesto range from federalizing the government and renegotiating Kenya’s debt with China to hanging people found guilty of corruption.<\/p>\n

“We went in with the ganja solution,” he said.<\/p>\n

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A low-budget test campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wild card candidate has a small budget, and his supporters create homemade posters with his snow-white beard and the slogan “Wajackoya the 5th”, referring to his bid to become Kenya’s fifth president.<\/p>\n

“If I showed you how much money I have, you’d laugh,” he said.<\/p>\n

Because of his budget, his rallies involved him arriving at markets unannounced, blasting reggae music from his car and pitching his candidacy to onlookers.<\/p>\n

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\n He is currently polling around 2% of the vote, well behind the two frontrunners<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mr Wajakoyah’s convoy headed to Gatundu, about 30km north of the capital, where a crowd of about 400 people gathered.<\/p>\n

“Every election cycle everyone comes here with their propaganda,” said Jeff Mwangi, a worker.<\/p>\n

“If this man can actually do what he’s saying … we’re going to go a long way as a country.”<\/p>\n

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