The right to privacy is central to human dignity. One cannot talk of human dignity without talking of the right to privacy. That is why searches in criminal law must be warranted; that is why any evidence gathered on an unwarranted search is inadmissible before a competent court of law. It, – the right to… Continue reading Why you need a privacy policy

According to the BBC, this is a concise statistic about South Sudan: Country: South Sudan curved out of former Sudan. Independence Day: 9th July, 2011. Ethnicity: Over 60 ethnic groups. Religion: Predominantly traditional religions and Christianity.

Maina K. Kinyanjui and Maina Kamau Kinyanjui could be two different people! Your identity is only known to you and not by the law or the State until you have a proper form or document of identity. That is why it is important to carefully use a name, title and any alias in the right… Continue reading The law and your name

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!