WAHENGA walisema "bhangi usioivuta, yakuwashianini?" Now, legendary gospel artiste Reuben Kigame was once a serious bhangi smoker! According to the Fadhili Zake Ni Za Milele hit singer, he was pressured to smoke bhangi as a teenager but “wokovu” offered him a safe harbour.

He says that peer pressure took a toll on him while in high school, as he soon found himself indulging in bhang-smoking, like it was a hobby! The end results? He started posting academic results za kuhurumiwa.

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“If I haven't found Jesus, I don't know what type of a person I could have become. With all that bhang the people of Bunyore [his rural village in western Kenya] plant along their fences. In fact, I was told to try it when in high school, which I did. This had a very negative impact on my academics. I dropped from position two in my class to position 24. It was that worse,” he said this morning on Citizen's Rauka show.

Kigame, however, added that when he got saved, a lot of things changed in his life, including his self esteem.

He said: “After losing my sight as a result of a cataract infection, I started questioning God. I saw Him as a very evil being. I sang about how bad He was. I never saw my worthiness. But when I got saved, read the Bible and understood who God really was, a lot of things changed in my life. If it was not for Him, I would not be where or who I am today.”