Not so long ago, I met a touring American who said that their job is head hunting employees for both local and foreign employers based in Uganda. It didn’t mean much to me. “That is how they do it wherever they come from.” I thought, until I spent a weekend with the head of the… Continue reading Headhunting: improper, or otherwise?
Month: October 2016
“This plot is not for sale”
Posters with the announcement “This Plot is not for Sale” are a common sight in Nairobi and its outskirts. A rather more interesting poster that announces/declares “THIS LAND BELONGS TO LANGATA PRIMARY SCHOOL” stands so tall just next to the road, near the sports field of Langata primary School. But what is the purpose of… Continue reading “This plot is not for sale”
The Batwa: Marginalised and Discriminated
Imagine a community of ‘forest dwellers’ in a world of fast trains, buses, boda boda, tuk tuk, jets, yachts, and sky scrapers all in a twitch of an eye. Or a city lad living under a shelter made of grass, sticks, mud and wattle and no door and forced to live with ‘forest dwellers’. Daunting,… Continue reading The Batwa: Marginalised and Discriminated
The right not to be subjected to medical experimentation
No one shall be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation without one’s consent. – Article 7 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Patient’s rights accrue to every person who goes to a medical facility for medical care. Medical care involves primary care, medical diagnosis, treatment, hospitalization, therapy, nursing care, and many other things.
Palliative Care and Health Insurance Policy for Cancer Treatment
October is World Cancer month. Wear your pink ribbon. Throughout this month, Corporate Social Responsibility activities are flooding Uganda. Cancer screenings and marathons and fundraising campaigns paint Kampala (notice the scope?). CandeIndex Statistics show that out of 31.6million Ugandans (2008 Census), 27,000 people are diagnosed with a form of cancer per year (excluding NMSC); 17%… Continue reading Palliative Care and Health Insurance Policy for Cancer Treatment
10 point Checklist on the Law and DRR (6)
This is the sixth and final day in our #IStandWithHaiti series. To follow this article, it is important to read the preceding article. Point 9 Do your laws adequately address gender considerations and the special needs of particularly vulnerable categories of persons? Natural disasters affect different people differently. It may be because of the difference… Continue reading 10 point Checklist on the Law and DRR (6)
Happy Heroes Day!
Today is heroes’ day! Kenya celebrates all those who contributed to the struggle for independence. The men and women who did everything within their means, the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for the independence of this great nation, we celebrate you today. And while, we celebrate today, no better words can be… Continue reading Happy Heroes Day!
10 Point Checklist on the Law and DRR (5)
This is our 5th article in the #IStandWithHaiti series. To follow the story, it is important that you read the preceding article. Point 7 Do your laws require education, training and awareness-raising to promote a whole-of-society approach to disaster risk reduction?
Drop box hack: The lawyers duty of confidentiality
At the end of August this year (2016), it was confirmed that popular cloud storage platform, drop box had been hacked. Over 68m users’ email addresses and passwords were accessed and leaked on to the internet. Surprisingly, the hack took place in 2012, but it was not known/confirmed until less than two months ago. If… Continue reading Drop box hack: The lawyers duty of confidentiality
On whether phone makers should block text-driving
Road accidents are rampant, these days. They cause catastrophic injury and death. One of the causes of road accidents is when the driver does not pay attention to the road. Most of the time, the driver is distracted by their phone. Yes, their mobile phone. It could be because they are accessing their social media,… Continue reading On whether phone makers should block text-driving