A man convicted for cultivating marijuana (dagga) in Zambezi Region stunned the court in Katima Mulilo (Namibia) by testifying in mitigation under oath that his dagga is used as treatment of the cattle he is looking after to scare lions who wants to attack his herd when grazing in the veld.
Zambian national, Francis Sakubita Kubelwa, 56 was convicted for growing and possessing 52 cannabis plants by Magistrate William Kasitomo last week.
Kubelwa, who was working as a cattle herder at Dinikwe village in Sibbinda area some 5 km west of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region also pleaded guilty to planting cannabis (dagga) for the purpose of selling it.
The plants weighed 6,7kg valued at 202 695 Namibian dollars and were found planted in a maize field by the Namibian police after his plantation was reported by community members. Upon his sentence he pleaded for mercy to the court stating that he has seven children who are suffering since his arrest on 17 April 2014 and they are at school and some have even dropped out of school. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment of which two years were suspended for five years. He conducted his own defence.
Zambian national, Francis Sakubita Kubelwa, 56 was convicted for growing and possessing 52 cannabis plants by Magistrate William Kasitomo last week.
Kubelwa, who was working as a cattle herder at Dinikwe village in Sibbinda area some 5 km west of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region also pleaded guilty to planting cannabis (dagga) for the purpose of selling it.
The plants weighed 6,7kg valued at 202 695 Namibian dollars and were found planted in a maize field by the Namibian police after his plantation was reported by community members. Upon his sentence he pleaded for mercy to the court stating that he has seven children who are suffering since his arrest on 17 April 2014 and they are at school and some have even dropped out of school. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment of which two years were suspended for five years. He conducted his own defence.
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