#NLMJke - Did you know that through a TWEET, States can comply with cooperation obligation under the Rome Statute? See Report of the ASP Bureau on Non-Cooperation.
Not Legal Mambo Jambo #NLMJke
There are noble moments in law. There are ignoble moments in law. It is difficult intellectually to identify their ratios and relations. But there is absolutely no reason to suppose that "the law" ... is necessarily or generally an admirable thing. To think that it is, is a category mistake - Schlag
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Three Years after ICC Referred Kenya to Assembly of State Parties (ASP).
#NLMJke - Did you know that through a TWEET, States can comply with cooperation obligation under the Rome Statute? See Report of the ASP Bureau on Non-Cooperation.
Saturday 17 June 2017
EZEKIEL MUTUA vs. CARTOONS
Almost Everything Ezekiel Mutua aka 'KFCB' does that catches our attention seems to be in reaction more than action-based. The latest Cartoon stunt was no different. At what cost, though?
The only sure way to censor and monitor every single content out there is to revert back to the 1960s!
EZEKIEL MUTUA vs. CARTOONS (The Moral Crusader is HERE to save us!): https://t.co/JibaWYszLI
— Camillah Agak (@KnightCamila) June 18, 2017
Sunday 30 April 2017
ICC on Katanga Case: Oh, the things I Hear!
A 131 page decision (in french) on awards to victim of crimes by Germain Katanga was delivered last month. The initial 16 year sentence was passed on March 2014. So, it took almost three years for victims to be given $250 (KSH 250,000 roughly). Now, the calendar is marked to follow up on how the awards will be implemented.
Coming from a society that is marred with a negative outlook at the existence of ICC, it is imperative that the implementation works. Or in the least, seem to work. It has to. Word on the street (well, more like_on a bus) already, is that some victims might not get their fair share as the system is bound to face some hitches either at ground level; or right from the top. The dates of the order, and decisions of the court was also thrown into the mix. Apparently, it is suspicious that the order was given over a year after the accused completed his sentence (January, 2016). But, that's not sixteen years, you say? Well, it was reduced. Years already spent in remand also deducted. Another theory was that, the good court was trying some damage control after a number of threats by African states to pull out of the Rome Statute.
" It seems like they're all ganging up on us. Let's throw them a bone. Then again, we can't just neglect all these victims. $250 each should cover it!"
One hit that was trying the hardest was that both the sentences being in March can't have been a coincidence. That minds have already been made up on these things, and dates too. Only a naive person might take it as due process.
Next thing I know, the conductor is hitting the side of the matatu so hard and signaling me to alight. I had reached my destination. Indeed, I was quite surprised that people were even talking of these kinds of things. Most of it was banter, but still. One of those conversations that you somewhat wish to continue with the strangers just to hear how it ends. Before Uhuru-Ruto cases were taken up by ICC, barely any ordinary mwananchi had heard of this Court. Now everyone is an expert on all-matters-ICC.
(Shot of excerpt from ICC Twitter page)
I had just eavesdropped on a conversation for about 12 minutes. If those were the thoughts of two, three individuals on a random matatu, I wondered then, how people in DRC Congo felt about the outcome in Katanga. The much I know about law led me to believe that this order and earlier decisions on the case were, well, fair. Justified, maybe. Clearly its not about how I understood it. That little banter gave an insight to the perspective I had completely ignored.
Sunday 1 January 2017
What to watch out for in 2017!!
Saturday 26 November 2016
Bill Overview: Dropping out of school may no longer be an option for child parents
Thursday 14 July 2016
Implications of Brexit
Was this Britain's notion of being in the EU..?? You judge! |
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Last Lap That Is 2015
So today marks the beginning of the end of 2015. Is it just me or this year flew by too fast? January feels like yesterday. And no, I am not going to ASK about how many of your new years resolutions got struck of the 'to do list'. Or rather the to-do-for-the-first-week-of-January list.
We all still have a whole Seven-Hundred-and-Twenty hours to do what hasn't been done all year. See what I did there? Tried making the remaining time look much longer. That was a total fail!
If you accomplished every positive thing in your list then, good for you!! The world needs you! Many, many more like you. For some, a month-ish is a long time to get some things done. Shake things up a bit to avoid feeling like a year just got completely wasted; or have an answer for when people ask about your 2015 accomplishments.
The rest who see it like I do, last days of the year that will go by even faster than the other 335 until the final hour to another new year, just push any remnant resolutions to 2016 like a great percentage of humans do every other year. No one will judge you. I know I won't.
It has been quite a year. A number of highlights topped by the Pre-Bar Exams cancellation. The exam now water under the bridge for anyone who joined law school prior to September 2012. This is quite a huge highlight because the most immediate and distant future revolves around it. I do not know what Kenya School of Law was trying pull but at least that's over. The general standard of legal education might have dwindled a bit over the past few decades that might have seen to the need to separate chaff from The wheat. Introducing the exam, however seemed like a number cut-off measure of some sort. There are too many lawyers than the system can handle. Everyone wants that crucial diploma certificate. An entrance exam only made the proverbial light further away in the already long (not dark, just long) tunnel of one's quest for legal education.
Some 'lowlights' [If that's even a word. scrabble] too. Losing an iconic family patriarch (Jaduong') Richard Agak, may he rest in peace.
Then there is the Council for Legal Education giving as a run for our degrees.
Highlights, lowlights and well, other moments that, come to think of it, are just blank gaps between one day and the next. Moments between when there is no mention of terrorists wrecking havoc all over the place, planes crashing, Obama and pope coming to Kenya or seeing the ocean for the first time. Not ordinary life per se. Time to reinvigorate. I bet people who meditate might have a word for that limbo.
Best part is, we get a whole new year for a fresh start, make right what was wrong, make new goals [Chelsea fans, I am not pointing fingers], accomplish procrastinated ones, or for workaholics, rest a little. Hopefully that is what the extra day is for. Yes, 2016 is a leap year. Mind blown!