Former presidential aspirant George Wajackoyah, on Tuesday, December 3, officially announced his bid for the top seat in the upcoming 2027 General Election.
During an interview at K24, Wajackoyah stated that his decision had been motivated by how President William Ruto treated fellow aspirants upon winning in 2022.
“I came here to officially announce that I am on the ballot in 2027 and I will not be stopped. I am running again because I am bitter,” Wajackoyah declared.
“Ruto could have sat with us at the beginning and asked us if there was any way we could help. He should have asked our colleagues instead of us having to kneel to beg for a job and start singing. I refused and I am refusing today.”
In 2022, Wajackoyah alongside running-mate Justina Wangui only managed to scoop four per cent of the votes despite a rigorous campaign that garnered him a huge following both online and offline.
Most notably, Wajackoya pushed for the legalisation of bhang, a decision that he believed would help alleviate the debt crisis in the country.
As he prepares his 2027 manifesto, Wajackoya added that he had begun speaking to churches and people on the ground to gather insight on what he did wrong during his previous unsuccessful bid and how he could improve this time round.
“Anglican Bishops are now calling for me while previously they saw me as a crazy person. The media played a big role in pushing the narrative of ‘mtu wa bangi’,” Wajackoya stated.
“People did not understand that I was not talking about smoking bhang but domestic hemp products for cosmetic purposes as well as for medicinal purposes to treat diseases like cancer and Covid.”
He also spoke of the commercial benefits of legalising marijuana and likened it to great economies like that of Taiwan and Israel.
He also highlighted African countries like Uganda and Botswana that have taken the step to legalise but regulate the use of bhang due to its high economic yields.
“Kenya could have done better. Tana River was my project and they could be billionaires overnight because we would have taken 200 acres for production and by now we would have harvested thrice,” he explained.
“A 50 kg bag of hemp at the stock exchange rate is $382 million if you have 100 kg we can easily save our country from poverty.”
