Man wilfully smokes bhang so as to be jailed over high cost of living

Police in Naivasha were shocked after a 35-year-old man identified as Peter, a barber demanded that he be arrested and jailed as he could no longer cope with the high cost of living.

According to the man, he wanted government support as he has lost hope in life.

"I walked all the way from Karagatia to Naivasha police station so that I could be arrested and put in jail where I'm guaranteed a place to sleep and food," he told the police.

The man who looked depressed shocked the officers when he said that he had earlier tried to smoke marijuana (bhang) near some officers but they did not notice.

Isaac Sang, the area OCS interrogated the man and who admitted that his barber business collapsed due to bad company and thus wanted to be locked in jail.

“We told him that he could not be arrested as he had no committed any crime but he went ahead to produce two sticks of bhangi,” Sang said.

“We had to call in one of the leading clerics to pray for the youthful man who from our investigations was suffering from depression before allowing him to go home,” the OCS added.