Inclusion – of all members – and their engagement with, especially, local and foreign sister societies, is at the core of all law societies. Well, at least the ones in the East African region. National societies have diversified well enough in order to appeal to, acknowledge and celebrate the diversities of their members who include… Continue reading Law Societies: Transitions in inclusion & engagement
Talking Politics: Way forward for Uganda
I’m sitting here, as I type this article, thinking about Uganda and its people, and how there are so many things that are good about this country which we never acknowledge. I’m a big critic of our government and of the very construct of this thing called Uganda, which is a capitalist construct in the… Continue reading Talking Politics: Way forward for Uganda
The Fate of Kabaziguruka’s Constituents
There has been a lot of chatter about the issue of representation in Parliament especially when a constituent’s representative is incarcerated or is unable to perform his/her duties. Days after the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga announced the one month vacation for parliamentarians; some discontent has arisen among the residents of Nakawa Municipality.… Continue reading The Fate of Kabaziguruka’s Constituents
Caveat
CAVEAT TAKE NOTICE that WE The residents of Jurisdiction claim interest in the affairs of her boundaries, without prejudice to all bonafide borrowers of each maritime she owns; and the instruments of proprietorship on all demarcated assets. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Whilst her leaders drown in guilt because their belch choke yawns, her… Continue reading Caveat
Does time to and from work constitute working time?
Out of 100 people randomly selected on the streets of Nairobi, more than 50 hate their jobs. This is a predicament our labour industry has failed to cure. The reasons for hating their jobs vary: terrible bosses, unfair policies at work, poor pay, terrible colleagues, among many others. Other people hate their jobs because their… Continue reading Does time to and from work constitute working time?
I Need A Break!
Mr. and Mrs. Smith will soon be no more, summer is over and winter is here. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are going to divorce after the latter filed divorced papers after two years of a Hollywood romance. Divorce is a human construct and it is to humans what winding up is to the corporate… Continue reading I Need A Break!
A Death Wish
Mustapha Lule survived. He jumped from a tall building (whether willfully or unconsciously), fell down on the street, but did not die. No one knows why he jumped. A few stories whose reliability cannot be confirmed have reported him saying that he fell, but accidentally. That he only climbed up the building to get some… Continue reading A Death Wish
Why You Must Know Your Rights!
It is important to have an insight however small into how to handle any legal issue. Because of the lack of knowledge or the limitations in our quest for knowledge, we do things which if we had knowledge, we would not have done. The Good Book says that to the quest of knowledge, there is… Continue reading Why You Must Know Your Rights!
Finally, a Substantive Chief Justice
As with every action there is corresponding reaction, there is both excitement and reservation that Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission, has, from the many contenders, chosen a nominee for the office of Chief Justice that they believe will be a worthy replacement of the former, Willy Mutunga. After the stringent, but, thankfully competitive, transparent, and successful… Continue reading Finally, a Substantive Chief Justice
Regulation of Tobacco Products
Growing up, I was not exposed to tobacco smoking. But I have a close friend who was. For what she remembers about her childhood, there is an image of her father smoking a cigarette. The house, she says, always had a murky aura about it. They were not well off. The father was unemployed and… Continue reading Regulation of Tobacco Products