A man irrigates muguka (khat) crop using water from a pan in Gachuriri area of Mbeere South, Embu County. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard] Although miraa chewers scoff at muguka, the new kid on the block is ...

MAUA, Kenya – It’s an unassuming little red-and-green leaf, but the powers unlocked by chewing it have hooked millions of people around the world, made it one of Kenya’s leading exports and gotten it ...

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization describes muguka as a variety of khat/miraa known as Catha edulis in botanical terms. "The differences between muguka and khat or miraa is in the ...

Neil Carrier received funding for his research into khat / miraa from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (for his PhD studentship and subsequent postdoctoral fellowship). This move brought ...

Somalia has banned Kenyan flights bringing stashes of the herbal stimulant khat into the country in the Horn of Africa. Khat—also known as miraa—is consumed widely in Somalia but is grown in ...