What happens when a child is a witness?
Our criminal justice system is tough. Clearly, it was not made for children. However, unfortunate things happen sometimes, and children get involved with the criminal justice system and they are…
Offending Publications in the Aftermath of Sexual Violence
Recently, a Uganda national newspaper published a story about a seven-year-old girl that had been defiled by burglars. It reported that the burglars broke into her parents’ home, stole property…
The Short Comings of the Sexual Offences Act
A sexual offence is one defined under the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 62A (the Act). Among the terms used to define a particular sexual offence, certain terms are referred to.…
How to report a sexual assault case to the police
Sexual assault comes in many forms. It can be rape, defilement, harassment, among many other sexual crimes. It is a traumatizing experience and its effects can last for a long…
7 common employer errors in Kenya
It is a wonderful thing to grow your business by hiring more employees. Whereas such growth is something to be proud of, such growth also requires that you, the employer…
What is a collective bargaining agreement?
Last year, 2017, Kenya’s health sector was shaken to the core when doctors laid down their tools and demanded that the government meets their end of the deal. Constantly, in…
The right to association: A case for labor unions.
The issue of employment has been widely discussed by scholars and workers’ rights activists, respectively, even our writers. When a client walked into my office this week, she inquired about…
Intellectual Property Rights in Video games
What kind of intellectual property rights does an owner of a video game have? This is a question most clients who want protection for their video games usually ask me…
Intellectual Property Rights for Computer Software in Kenya
Intellectual property rights (IPR) in Kenya are derived from laws on IPR. Local laws are based on international norms on IPR. Although Kenya’s laws on IPR are very recent, these…
Examining the future of fragrance inventions under Intellectual Property (I.P) law in Uganda
Unlike in Uganda, the fragrance industry is not new to the world economy. Many African countries, especially in the north where an Afro-Arab and Nubian culture exhibits a large population,…