Dancehall artiste Samini is pleading
with the Kumasi court hearing the case involving hiplife artiste Kwaw
Kese to consider referring him to a rehab facility and community service
instead of putting him in jail.
The 'Linda' hit maker also wants the laws on the use of cannabis relaxed.
Kwaw
Kese faces a possible jail term should the court find him guilty of
smoking an illegal narcotic substance in public, a crime that attracts a
5 to 10 term.
Below is Samini’s essay on Kwaw Kese’s predicament
It's
really not the right time of the year for anybody to be going through
what my brother and fellow artiste @kwawkese is going through at the
moment.
It's Sad and unfortunate that he was caught slipping and has been made a scapegoat in this situation.
As a people we all break the law directly and indirectly at some point and usually get away with it.
It
is only when you come into contact with the law head-on that you get
the wakeup call. I'm sure my brother has regretted his actions already
with the Kind of humiliation he's been through in the past few days
behind bars.
We live in a society where hypocrisy and ignorance
are normal ways. People litter the streets to give us cholera and are
left to roam about doing it every day.
Others run red lights and
pay bribes in traffic constantly. Just to mention a few we realise how
many times we commit petty crimes and walk freely.
This is a case
of the abuse of a substance and we need to draw the line between being a
criminal and an addict on a substance. What happened to fines and
rehabs for patients? Are we going to rather lock up and destroy a victim
to a societal substance abuse rather than reform and rehab them to
return and contribute to society?
He's an entertainer and a Dad.
Moreover in more developed countries such substances are seen as purely
recreational when it's just a quantity for personal use.
And
these laws we use here were brought in by these countries who have over
the years seen the need to revisit and decriminalise certain acts
including smoking just a joint. We have stuck to it like the wigs in the
court rooms when it's 90 degrees blazing hot. Lol.
Our judicial
system needs to be revised as those who formed it for us no longer use
them. He shouldn't have used it in a public place as it's not legal in
Ghana. We collectively as an industry apologise on his behalf and beg
for mercy on him. He can be better in society by rehab as a user than
jail as he's not a dealer. A word to the wise ......#Freekwawkese
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Wednesday 26 November 2014
Kwaw Kese Has Been Made A Scapegoat - Samini
Publisher GhanaThings.Com
11/26/2014 08:16:00 pm
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