The Parklands Diary

  Beneath the veneer of green succulent leaves and bushes thick and lush, emerged a howl of defiance and conviction; a storm to scream down the storm. At the center of it, all was the victim representative expressing the expansive victim desire to arrive at a comprehensive truth that refused to be restrained in the face of any political upset. Time stood still and allowed silence to break its banks. It is an open secret that most Kenyans are now privy to the harrowing scenes pictured in The BBC Africa Eye documentary titled 'Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea'. Gross and devastating are the revelations therein. Any attempt to internalize the corrosive effects that have permeated workspaces is revolting. The visual impressions created from an appreciation of the details are jarring to the heart. Merit has often stood the test of time as the litmus requirement for employment. Sadly, it now stands immaterial in the wake of licentiousness. The men with the meat who also wielded...

How often have you heard the words ‘drought’ and "famine"? These words describe the condition of the North Eastern and parts of the Eastern regions of Kenya. For years, the residents in these areas have suffered from a lack of food and water, with the number of victims still increasing. All they’ve known is hunger, thirst, loss, and pain. However, with the high cost of living, it appears the remaining areas of the country will be doomed to the same fate. This article undertakes to give a brief description of food insecurity in Kenya. Food security entails access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets the dietary needs that are required for healthy living. The northeastern and eastern parts of Kenya are classified as arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), regions characterized as dry lands with short rains. However, over the years, due to climate change and climate variability, the regions have experienced little to no rain, with estimates for 2023 estimating that appr...

Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) is an area of philosophy that stems from mental health law. David B. Wexler posits that it looks at the underappreciated area of the law’s impact on the emotional life and psychological well-being of the people subject to it. Further, it seeks to extrapolate the law's great potential to be a therapeutic agent and facilitate healing. Essentially, therapeutic jurisprudence focuses on the law in terms of legal arrangements and therapeutic outcomes rather than in terms of stringent rules. TJ seeks to explore the fields of psychiatry, psychology, criminology, and social work vis-a-vis how they can, simultaneously and harmoniously, be consistent with the due process framework. The criminal justice system in Kenya is founded on various principles such as retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, and restoration. Retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation are the fundamental elements of the adversarial legal system that we inherited from our ...

  Death might be the end of life A world without limitations and pain Those who hurt us on earth Can no longer hurt us in death Our bodies might wither But our souls become stronger I long for this infinite freedom But I still fear the mystery of death Death is a great leap into the dark And nobody is sure of the nature of the landing Since no one has ever come back to tell the tale Nevertheless, we all have to jump Each alone and at his own time Since two people can never jump together. But we forget it is the beginning of eternity By Kariuki Njumbi

  Many have tried describing you Philosophers, scientists, wise men But they have all terribly failed You are so complicated Always camouflaging Happy today, sad tomorrow Live today, dead tomorrow Laughing today, crying tomorrow What are you Or rather, what do you want I too have failed in describing you Probably it is fair to say no one will Nevertheless, life is worth living There is plenty of time to be dead By Kariuki Njumbi

  Getty Images Oh, fancy lord in fancy silk Would you know what suffering tastes like? I bet no You have never fed yourself my Lord Leave alone starving You know nothing of food prices Yet you are supposed to take over The country as our new monarch Oh, my fancy lord What should we expect of you? We have spent billions on your coronation Yet your people are starving But I don’t blame you, my fancy lord No one chooses whom to be born to But people can choose who rules over them Not because he has a birthright But because they want him It’s time to abdicate the throne to the people Goodbye my fancy lord No more kings and queens By Kariuki Njumbi

Courtesy of VIA Mediation Centre Call no man a fool, who can’t ADR define. Yet call no man wise, who is just to shout what ADR is or is not. For wisdom lies in doing as saying than vacant vibration of lips. And prudent is who has seen ADR as the first fine flower of justice. With roots enmeshed even deep in the village. Where ADR is the Panadol of rural idiocy. As can be the elixir of urban mediocrity. And this can cut clear court costs. Taming too the filing time to half a day. In listening. In probing. In dialogue. In caucus. Sprouting from the stem of cordial correspondence. See the impartial mediator raking ruffled minds. To unearth their deep-seated issues as icebergs. By themselves. From themselves. With themselves. As it stings in themselves. For themselves. Inquiries are the pointers of truth. Negotiators are two wings of the dove of fairness. Arbitrators are neurons linking the mess voltage and the settlement headache. Thus, on the battlefield of injustices, pick the pickaxe n...

According to Fortune Business Insights, the eSports industry is worth $1.22 billion as of 2021. Out of all that, Kenya has its fair share of $55 million and is ranked the eighth biggest gaming hub on the continent. E-sports is defined as the competitive playing of video games. It is worthwhile to note that there is a major difference between gaming and playing video games in Kenya.  Many of the people involved in gaming, particularly football, are associated with gambling, which is dominated by different betting companies such as Sport Pesa, Betika, and Betin, among others. It is no secret that several corporate companies benefit immensely from investing in the eSports industry. These include Microsoft, Intel, and Red Bull, just to name a few. Furthermore, many celebrities and venture capital firms have hopped on the eSports bandwagon, ready to give their hard-earned cash to promising teams. There are countless employment opportunities in this fast-emerging industry. Some of them ...