The cutting edge

NEW DAWN. New Law Society of Kenya chairman Eric Mutua’s pledge to help restore its past reputation as a champion of human rights and justice resonates with Mo Dhillon, who is also happy that so far, voiceless Kenyans, especially women, are finally getting justice.

However, Dhillon hopes that the hundreds of similar cases that have been pending for years, thanks to the ability of the rich to manipulate the court system, will also be fairly concluded soon.

“This is a new dawn for Kenya,” he concludes. His contact is mo@africapix.co.ke.

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SLEEPING ON THE JOB. Now also holding the key Treasury job, Minister Njeru Githae may have his hands full, but Ken Simon still believes that is no excuse for the deep slumber in his own portfolio, Nairobi Metropolitan Development.

Ken would like to know why the Kawangware stretch of the Nairobi-Naivasha highway has not a single street light.

“As a result, criminals are hiding in the darkness to attack pedestrians at night. If there are people sleeping on the job, they are in this ministry.” His contact is Tel 07200076371 or edwardptr@yahoo.com

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RECKLESS DRIVER. That motorist who drives his car with a child on his lap on Lang’ata Road, Nairobi, has been blatantly breaking the law, says Janet Kui.

Traffic regulations, she adds, require motorists to have special belt pads on their back seats for children below five years of age.

“The little ones must never be carried in the front seat. And all the occupants, including the driver, must always buckle up when the car is in motion.”

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PUZZLING RULE. On February 15, Gachiengo Gitau deposited money into his account in K-Rep Bank’s Kenyatta Avenue branch in Nairobi.

The same day, he returned to the bank, made a smaller deposit and asked for the balance on his account.

He was shocked to note that the bigger amount had not been reflected. On enquiring from the staff, he was told that cash exceeding Sh50,000 must first go into a suspense account.

“Is this really true? And why is this so?” he asks. His contact is gachiengod@yahoo.com.

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SELF-DEFENCE. There are people who never fail to see an opportunity, even in the suffering of others.

Instead of empathising with the men nursing their injuries after being battered by their wives in Nyeri, Patrick Mbataru is thinking of establishing a martial arts college.

“The men need training in judo, karate, taekwondo, wrestling, and boxing for self-defence and whoever comes up with the most appealing name will soon be in a money-minting business,” says Patrick, whose contact is mataru2002@yahoo.com.

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REAL MEANING. Writing from his base in Gothenburg, Sweden, Hussein Maalim says he still believes there is more to the meaning of Mau Mau, the name of the freedom movement against British colonial rule in Kenya, than what he heard some years back.

It was said to be an acronym coined from the slogan, Mzungu Aende Ulaya Mwafrika Apate Uhuru. “Does anybody have a different explanation on this rallying call of the freedom fighters?” asks Hussein, whose contact is maalim3@hotmail.com.

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