Issa G. Shivji Professor of Law (Retired lecturer of the University of Dar es Salaam) P. O. Box 953 Dar es Salaam issashivji@cats-net .com The immediate image of a legal professional, or in more popular terminology, a lawyer, is that of a black gowned advocate gesturing before a judge defending his client, or haranguing an ordinary man in the witness box, or a bespectacled judge pondering over astack of papers to determine the innocence or guilt of an accused. Social and professional images of lawyers abound and are summed up in various anecdotes and symbols.
Author: NLM writer
STATS 44 number of banks and mortgage institutions in Kenya
SIDEBAR The Bucks Among the leading marathons in Kenya include the Kass marathon which has a pay package of Sh1.5 million for the winner while the first runner up pockets Ksh1million and the second runner up Sh750,000.
Eldoret, the town athletes built By KENNEDY LUMWAMU Eldoret town has become the investment hub for Kenya’s world beating athletes – despite the previous battle it had with Iten and Kapsabet towns over the “home of champions” tag.
RIVALS: Parties’ fierce battle for Kenya’s soul By Alfred Anangwe Anyway, Kenya’s history has been immensely shaped by fierce rivalry between and among political parties. Some parties have survived much longer than others. What the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is going through, and which threatens to split it up, has been experienced by others in the past. KANU and KADU
Duale’s vundamentals These are the people. These are my people. These are our people. These are the vundamentals! National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has found himself in an unfamiliar ground. A hawkish defender of Jubilee and its leaders, he now invites the wrath of a Coalition he swore to defend. And when besieged by House colleagues, he invokes the URP/TNA pact whose content is hardly in public domain.
‘Interests’ is a network Business rivalry hardly translates to bad blood. Even brothers may run competing business. Former President Daniel arap Moi and his protégé Uhuru Kenyatta are ages apart, but in regard to political and business interests, they’re soul mates.
Its tabloid time … welcome! By DAVID MATENDE Are Kenya newpaper publishers changing their game? Both The Standard and the Nation groups, the two top publishers, seem to have made up their mind that tabloid, or downmarket, is the way to go.
I Accuse the Press They danced with adversary. Now it’s payback time By NLM Reporter As it were, State House’s pressure on The Standard Group was two-fold: While President Kenyatta telephoned Sam Shollei, chief executive of Kenya’s second largest news group, State House official Manoah Esipisu read the Riot Act to Chaacha Mwita, the the news media’s editorial director.
Uhuru’s priorities President Uhuru Kenyatta’s prime responsibility to Kenyan people is to provide at least 1 million quality jobs per year, create a low cost economy, and provide security.
