Bangi nchini Kenya ni haramu. Dawa hiyo ("cannabis" au "bhang") ilipigwa marufuku nchini Kenya wakati ilipokuwa nchi lindwa ya Waingereza kwa jina la Afrika ya Mashariki ya Kiingereza chini ya Ordinance ya Opium, tarehe 1 Januari 1914. Walakini, hivi karibuni kumekuwa na kampeni ambazo zimetaka kuhalalishwa kwake. Kwa mfano, marehemu Ken Okoth, mbunge wa zamani wa Kibra katika mji mkuu, alikuwa akitetea kuihalalisha kwake kwa msingi wa faida yake ya kitabibu. Bila shaka, si wote wanakubali hoja zake. Paul V. Daly (July 1996). The Supply of Illicit Drugs to the United States: The Nnicc Report. DIANE Publishing, 64–. ISBN 978-0-7881-3942-0.  (15 October 1913) Kenya Gazette, 882–.  (4 March 1914) Kenya Gazette, 203–.  Nakala iliyohifadhiwa. Jalada kutoka ya awali juu ya 2018-09-24. Iliwekwa mnamo 2020-04-20. “Endorsing the drug would have disastrous effects on our vulnerable society, with so much unemployment. Jamaica is such a messed up country with high level crime and idleness,” posted Gorillaman after the news that South Africa had legalised the drug.