THE Somali Association have honoured one of the city's MPs for his fight to ban the drug Khat.
AboutMyArea
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Mark Lancaster was surprised to receive recognition for his campaign when he attended the inaugural meeting of the Milton Keynes Somali Community Association, which is the first group of its kind in the city.
For over the three years, the Milton Keynes North MP has been pushing for khat to be banned and has spoken in the House several times about the detrimental effects of the substance on the Somali community in the city. Locally, the drug has caused many problems including social and family breakdown and damaged the health of users.
Abukar Awaleh, Head of Somali Diaspora UK, added: "I am very impressed with the fantastic work Mark Lancaster is doing for minority communities and we are ever so grateful to him for being the voice to a voiceless community and problem."
Source: AboutMyArea