Roots Party presidential aspirant George Wajackoyah has asked the church to stop criticizing him and his running mate Justina Wamae for their plan to make marijuana legal if they win the presidential seat in August general elections.
While dismissing criticisms from the clerics on Wednesday, June 8, during a media interview with a local TV station, Wajackoyah stated that their dismissal of his state house bid is pretense as the church has been receiving proceeds of corruption as contributions.
“Let them find out why they accept money every Sunday which has come from evil and they don’t condemn it. Let some of these pastors not be judgmental because God will judge them very harshly,” Wajackoyah stated.
Proff. Wajackoyah further said that he has nothing against the church and that he himself is a prayerful person. Adding that some Christians, have been brainwashed by rogue preachers who misinterprete the Bible.
“We don’t have a problem with the church. The church is ganging up against me telling me I’m ruining their children. Let me tell them to go back to the Bible and read it very correctly. They should find out why Israel, where God came from, has never abolished hemp,” he said.
The Roots Party leader, has been advocating for the legalization of marijuana and commercializing it for medicinal purposes.
At the same time, Wajackoyah’s running mate Ms. Wamae directed Kenyans to read Bible excerpts which she claims form the basis of their stance on marijuana.
“Let them read Genesis 1:12, and Ezekiel 34 and 29; it is there that herb that God gave Israelites when they were in slavery to give them food and status, it is there so please read your Bible,” she said.
As part of their manifesto, if they win the statehouse bid, the duo plans to cash in on the lucrative anti-venom market by farming poisonous snakes and extracting toxins from them that will enable the country to locally manufacture antidotes for export.
Furthermore, the Roots Party leader has in the past admitted that he is ready to counter perceived resistance that his unique proposals would evoke among some Kenyans.