Month: September 2016

I believe that a company is one of the greatest creations of the law. before science came up with robots, the law had come up with a company. A company is a separate entity from those who “own” it. Such people are simply shareholders. A company is a legal person: it can sue or be… Continue reading Winding up a company

When the toothless raised the flags, they gagged the invaders for a jiffy, rebuked the selfish into unity:   but alas!   All this while they plotted to plunder the innocent of their blood and kin and estranged them from their loam and canopy.   Fortunately,   the elite, the scribes have laid it out,… Continue reading Crashing Pyramids

The Daily Nation, last week, published a very short story that depicted the plight of a family in Lamu. The family is crying for justice after their son, Mohammed Omar, 22, was shot and injured by a police officer, a year ago.  He was shot in the back, and the bullet came out through his… Continue reading What to do in the face of injustice

Do you know that social media subconsciously makes us expose who we are? We willingly provide personal information: names, nicknames, siblings, where we attended college, what we like, what we hate, who we love, who we are married to/engaged to, where we attend church, where we are at a given time, our home towns…. Freely,… Continue reading Social media: facilitating self-incrimination

After the 1994 genocide, which brought the country to its knees, a lot has been done to pull the country out of the mess that it was and onto the road to recovery. Champion among them was to strive for peace and security. Whenever an opportunity to contribute to peace and security has presented itself,… Continue reading Efficient, involving, and ingenious policing

Women are the unsung heroes in every family. They are the breadwinners whose story is forever suppressed and whose effort is often undermined. Women in Africa shoulder the burden of providing for their families: school fees, housing, food and clothing for all their dependants. History was unfair to women and most of them were not… Continue reading Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery

The 2015 Report on migrant labour by the International Labour Organisation Global Estimates on Migrant Workers (Special Focus on Migrant Domestic Workers) estimated that 150.3 million migrant workers existed. Of that number, about 11.3 million were migrant domestic workers. The Arab States alone accounted for 35.6% of all migrant workers!

‘Kindly find time and let me know when we can talk,’ Johnny received a text message from his elder brother known to the family as Nyagilo. Johnny did not hesitate, he put everything on hold and picked his phone to the far end corner of his office, dialed his brother’s number for a long phone… Continue reading Kenya is ripe for a law to protect senior citizens.

Land transactions are sensitive matters. So, what are the duties of a lawyer to his or her client? What are his duties if he is acting for both parties? When acting for the vendor, an advocate involved in conveyancing is charged with, but not limited to the following duties/obligations:

Eight students of Sunshine Secondary School in Lang’ata arrested for last month’s ‘arson incident’ at the school are reported to have requested an out of court settlement. We can assume it is the boys’ first public offence and perhaps committed without knowledge of legal consequences. While the Director of Public Prosecutions wishes to have the… Continue reading Out of Court Settlements: How effective are they?