Dear Diary, It is a sunny day, the birds all rasping on their nests, I suppose, and cawing on the trees, giving loud and continued bursts of songs early in the morning to which I lie listening. I doubt whether people read these diaries. In spite of some tremors, I think I shall go on […]
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Introduction In 1939, Winston Churchill, the then-First Lord of Admiralty of his Majesty’s Government, described the Soviet Union as, “A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” I believe that were he alive today, he would not object if I used the same words to describe the Kenyan understanding of conflict of interest. In
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In the realm of jurisprudence, where the law’s labyrinthine corridors intertwine with the corridors of power, there unfolds a saga that speaks of the timeless tussle between legal logic and the ever-elusive whispers of justice. The protagonist of our tale, Senior Counsel, a man of eloquence and legal prowess, embarked on a journey into the
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The problem with centennial celebrations is that 100 years are simply too many. The actors of the events that took place 100 years ago are mostly dead; those who are not, if there are any, do not have age mates with whom they can share the memories; if they do have any age mates, they
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It is alleged that one day, nobody knows exactly when, but probably some time in the year 2019, someone, nobody knows exactly where, but probably in some place called Wuhan, some man, nobody knows exactly who, but some man, ate a bat. Nobody knows why he ate a bat; maybe he was hungry, maybe adventurous,
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by Gabriel Mwangi In Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Bassanio found himself in a spot of bother, as my colleague Guto Mogere habitually says. He urgently needed money to woo Portia, which Guto doesn’t habitually lack (i.e., neither money nor Portias to woo). Bassanio enlisted the help of his friend, Antonio – a good man