Lastborn Syndrome and Young Lawyers: A Lunch Date Tete-a-tete with My Pupil Master
My name is Dunstan Ondieki, a pupil at Muthomi and Karanja Advocates (“the Firm”). Barely a fortnight ago, the much-awaited Council of Legal Education’s General Notice No. 3 came out....
Implications of the Supreme Court Judgment on New NSSF Contribution Rates
On 21st February 2024, a full bench (7 judges) of the Supreme Court set aside the Court of Appeal decision and remitted the case to the Court of Appeal for...
Interplay of Law, Economics, Sex and Morality
I turned 43 on 22/11/2023. Many reflections and realities accompanied this milestone. One of them is the realisation that I have, in all likelihood, lived for a longer period than...
The Valley of Dry Bones: Reflections on Desperation, Hope and Revitalisation
Lawyers are not, generally speaking, pious. I, like most lawyers, am not pious. In this blog, however, I reflect on the vision of the Valley of Dry Bones as vividly...
Learning the Law
I have taught law for twelve years. Most students I have met in this twelve-year journey are not interested in learning the law the traditional way (which entails poring through...
In Memoriam of Chibi, An African Dog
This is a past TBT about Chibi, a boy mongrel of the African variety my family kept many years ago. Back then, all the Mongrels the African peasants kept were...