The Parklands Diary

                                                        Image by jcomp on Freepik But Why? You embraced my being at first, Promised to shelter and cloth, And like an innocent child, I fell entrapped Never believing you would change, Now my question remains, BUT WHY?   Take a detour, you said, From the bondage holding your dreams, To the realization of full potential, And the passion you must seek, Now my question remains, BUT WHY?   A few days have passed and nights havegone, Still, I hold steadfast, to your lost affection, Like a deer I pant, for water scarce, Like a widow, I mourn the slow death Now my question remains, BUT WHY?   Helpless you left me, in a world of peril, Trust you, you said but Now, Now my question remains, BUT WHY? Ian Makau is a Second Year Law Student at the University of Nairobi. He is a concert pianist and a dedicated scholar of the art of penmanship. He can be contacted via his email makauian67@gmail.com  

                                              Image by Google In 2021, when we were all crazy new to TikTok and wondering whether our president will open the country up for sherehe or not, a man in Trans Nzoia was brandishing his files in a bid to sue his son. Hold it there. A couple of decades back, the newly employed Zulu and Xhosa men and women in South Africa coined a term that they lent to us; the rest of Africa. This term found significance in most upcoming economies and societies, and still, even now is relevant and deeply rooted in our customs. We can say that it has become part and parcel our proud Ubuntu. I am so glad that I first heard the term “black tax” from a Xhosa young man. ` Khuomide (sound `kh pronounced in click) and I was talking about the forms of corruption during the MNIV Debate Championships in Dar es Salaam back in 2018. I was bragging about how our corruption was the best and he was unrelentingly dismissing that the Kenyan “chai” and “kitu kidogo” was

Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik In Kenya, the month of June is one with great significance as it marks the beginning of a new financial year. This is usually characterized by the enactment of a novel finance act that is set to determine various economic factors of the country, for instance, the cost of living, for the next 12 months. This year, the finance bill that was presented to the national assembly was not received with much enthusiasm by the citizens of Kenya as well as a faction of the legislators, most of whom belong to the current opposition coalition, Azimio la Umoja.   The Constitution of Kenya 2010 under Article 37 empowers every Kenyan citizen with the right to, “peaceably and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket, and to present petitions to public authorities.” Hence, while several parties including the senator of Busia County and popular activist, Honorable Okiya Omtatah filed petitions in court challenging the imple

Image by iuriimotov on Freepik Introduction Recent months have sparked a flurry of excitement and worry in Kenya's tech sector, capturing the attention of both techies and tech enthusiasts. The stratospheric growth of Worldcoin, which promised to usher in a new era but was instead halted due to data protection concerns and apprehensions about the trading of personal information, demonstrated a stunning spectacle on this tech-driven stage. Meanwhile, the halls of Parliament echoed with a symphony of opinions as a petition to ban TikTok unfolded, shining a light on the tremendous interconnectedness of artificial intelligence in our lives. Amidst the backdrop of data privacy concerns and the imperative of upholding societal values, these two scenarios have given rise to a pivotal query: the regulation of technology and, in particular, Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI weaves intricately through human development, crossing borders and touching a wide range of domains. It frees us f