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Yesterday a mysterious fire broke out at a primary school in Kawangware. Despite several frantic calls to the fire department and their assurance that they were on the way, they did not arrive until well over an hour when the fire had already done a lot of damage. The mob that had gathered around went berserk and started throwing stones at the fire engine and pelting the firemen with everything they could lay their hands on.
Most of readers pointed out quite correctly the inhuman manner in which an adulterous woman and her lover were paraded stark naked in the streets in broad daylight after being caught red handed in the act. (see photographs...
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I have always imagined that the corporal punishment meted on your tender buttocks throughout primary, high school and university (fanya fujo uone) was designed to instill fear of authority and respect for the rule of law. What happened?
ReplyDeleteOn this issue we may need divine intervention….of the Islamic fusion. The law as a preserve for the rich and powerful is so entrenched in the system that to remove it would mean replacing the entire judiciary (from court orderly to Chief Justice). The constitution must fully dissociate the judiciary from the executive expressly to empower and guard against misuse by the president and his sons.
Solution: Why can’t we E. Africans help ourselves for once? Since the legal framework in the three main countries are somewhat similar and are derived from comparable sources, alongside the EA integration, we could create laws that prohibit law practitioners from acquire jobs in the judiciary systems of their mother countries. This would mean that only Tanzanians and Ugandans can work or be appointed to the Judicial Service in Kenya. You get the drift. Further, other than High Court Judges with life time contracts, the rest cannot work in one country for a period of over 7-10 years.
Think about it for a moment. Host countries will find it difficult to infiltrate an unfamiliar set of judges. Any arm-twisting tactics of the Karua nature may be considered as aggression by other member countries…. automatically creates respect of law or fear to influence the Chief Justice. High Court judges will strive to be fair as any show of favoritism or corruption would embarrass the mother countries.
This being, ‘thinking outside the box’ week.