The Parklands Diary

                                                  Image on Freepik The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration in the Gazette Notice number 15238 published on 6th November, 2023, declared the 13th of November a public holiday. This day dubbed, ‘National Tree Growing Day’ was dedicated to the planting of trees all over the country. Sherehe nayo ilikuwa kubwa which can be loosely translated to ‘it was a very big celebration’, since many beloved citizens were assured of a full day rest from their usual hustle and bustle. However, passing by the streets of Nairobi CBD that very Monday, I couldn’t help but notice that numerous enterprises and ventures were open for business. Doesn’t the declaration of a holiday dictate mandatory leave from work, with the exception of essential services such as aviation and healthcare? Furthermore, what do our laws s...

                                                        Image on Freepik The Judiciary recently led by the Chief Justice Martha Koome, launched the Children Service Month. The objective of dedicating a whole month for Children Services was to ensure that the Kenyan courts worked in unison to eradicate delay and backlog cases involving children in the justice system during the month of November. The specific objectives for the initiative include: To ensure that all cases of children pending for 6 months and above are concluded, to ensure that all child victims have testified , to collect data and statistics of child offenders and child victims in the justice system and to utilize court annexed mediation to clear backlog of civil matters concerning children. The protocol guiding the initiative has given courts guidelines on how the main objective of t...

                                                                  Image courtesy of Google Statistics from the United States Geographical Survey indicate that about 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, and 96.5% of the water is held in our oceans. Of course, our waters harbor a large percentage of the earth’s biodiversity, which includes fish, sea mammals, coral reefs and plants such as sea weed. This biodiversity is what we as human beings benefit from, we eat the fish and sea weed and profit off of the aquatic life that reside within our marine borders. Furthermore, these water bodies absorb the excessive heat trapped within the earth’s atmosphere caused by the greenhouse effect. This plays a huge role in regulating and stabilizing the temperature of the atmosphere. Dubbed ‘the planet’s carbon sink’, the oceans ...

                                                            Image on Freepik Fall of love births a plethora of injustices. Why else would I renege on a contract that would be beneficial to both our interests? Why else would I want to exploit an employee for my own personal gain and for their consequent detriment? Why would I batter and assault you? Fall of love!! That is where justice comes in- to reinstate the love. For ages, the route to justice focuses on digging the well of hate, anger and bitterness deeper. Love falls harder and deeper. The route is focused on blaming and avenging. “You did this…” we claim “No we did not…” they defend. And now we have institutions deciding on who is to blame and exerting revenge on our behalf. The courts will declare “We find you sinful in this case.” “We will avenge on the victim’s behalf” After the ...

                                                                    Image on Freepik Thee pain I fell, not much I feel. Thee pain thy fell, not no more I felt. This is not a poem but  how trapped in a sinking wrecked feels. “όχι περισσότερο από ένα έτος" See what I did there . How long shall the pain, go on and on. Who is in charge, do own the oath.The pain I felt, not more I feel.The pain you felt, no more I feel. Plus,Plus,plus,two, two point five plus two point five, four what’s more my love. The color in my vains black, red, green and white. White like White dove yet Skin Dark like Black hole. This is not a poem but  how trapped in a sinking wrecked feels. “όχι περισσότερο από ένα έτος" See what  I did there.   Taxes taxes taxes .This pain in vain is enough? How long should we ...