history: Kenya/Tanzania penalty ladders, recreational contexts

KES

label Personal consumption (proved to court) · treatment criminal · fine 100000 · prison 5 years · note Fine up to 100,000 shillings or up to five years; court may add at least six months of treatment or rehabilitation, label Possession treated as trafficking, 1 to 100 g · treatment criminal · fine 30000000 · prison 30 years · note Fine of at least 30 million shillings or thirty years, or both, label Possession treated as trafficking, above 100 g · treatment criminal · fine 50000000 · prison 50 years · note Fine of at least 50 million shillings or fifty years, or both

KES

label Cultivating a prohibited plant or letting premises be used for it · treatment criminal · fine 250000 · prison 20 years · note Fine of 250,000 shillings or three times the plants' market value, whichever is greater, up to twenty years, or both; land or lease consequences under section 7

KES

label Trafficking, 1 to 100 g · treatment criminal · fine 30000000 · prison 30 years · note Fine of at least 30 million shillings or thirty years, or both, label Trafficking, above 100 g · treatment criminal · fine 50000000 · prison 50 years · note Fine of at least 50 million shillings or three times the market value, or fifty years

KES

label Using a narcotic drug or frequenting a place used for it · treatment criminal · fine 250000 · prison min 5 years · note Fine of not less than 250,000 shillings, at least five years in prison, or both

There is no legal recreational supply. A person who satisfies the court the cannabis was solely for their own consumption faces up to five years or a fine of up to 100,000 shillings; otherwise possession is treated as trafficking, with at least 30 million shillings or thirty years for 1 to 100 g.[@act,sn] Courts in practice impose much shorter terms and fines for small amounts, but arrests are frequent.[@sn,cfm]

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TZS

label Small quantity proved for personal consumption · treatment criminal · fine 500000 · prison 3 years · note Fine of at least 500,000 shillings, a three-year prison term, or both

TZS

label Unlawful cultivation of prohibited plants (mainland) · treatment criminal · prison min 30 years · note At least thirty years in prison; no fine tier stated

TZS

label Trafficking not more than 100 kg of cannabis · treatment criminal · prison min 30 years · note At least thirty years; larger amounts fall in the life-imprisonment tier

TZS

label Small-quantity consumption outside the listed group · treatment criminal · fine 500000 · prison 3 years · note Fine of at least 500,000 shillings, three years in prison, or both

There is no legal recreational supply. Mainland law has a small-personal-use tier — a fine of at least 500,000 shillings, three years, or both — but the burden is on the holder to prove personal consumption, and trafficking penalties start at thirty years.[@act2023] Long sentences have been imposed for cannabis, including thirty years for cultivation in a 2022 case.[@ham2022]

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