DIG Masengeli asks court to halt USIU graduation in a PhD dissertation marks row
A court battle has erupted between United States International University (USIU) and Deputy Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli.
Masengeli, a student at the international higher learning institution, has moved to court, claiming he was defending his dissertation in preparation for a doctoral degree despite completing his coursework and obtaining the necessary approvals from the board.
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We fought a good fight for the Profession and succeeded. Petition seeking to prohibit public entities from engaging external counsel has been dismissed. Governments procure several services besides legal services; there was no justification for singling out the legal profession.
Abshir Abdi, the Nairobi lawyer who disappeared 11 days ago, has been found alive in Sololo, Marsabit County. We are relieved, but relief is not enough. Who took him? Where was he held? And why?
This is what Kenya has become under the predatory regime: citizens vanish in broad daylight, families are left in agony, and those responsible walk free. Must the Law Society of Kenya and our lawyers abandon the courts for the streets before Kenyans are protected? Must someone be tortured or killed before our security agencies act?
On Tuesday, eight Kenyans, including two police reservists, were killed by suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists in Mandera. Yet security organs that should be hunting terrorists stand accused of abducting the very citizens they are sworn to protect. What exactly are our priorities?
The Inspector General of Police, the DCI and the Ministry of Interior must establish who abducted Abshir Abdi, who authorised it and where he was held, and bring everyone responsible to book.
In 270 days, the normalisation of abductions shall end, and so too the enforced disappearances. In 270 days, Kenya will return to constitutionalism. Life, liberty and dignity will no longer be favours from those in power. They will be the birthright of every Kenyan.
#hotoffthebench
The High Court in Nakuru has dismissed the petition challenging public entities’ procurement of external legal services. Procurement laws must, however, be followed. In obiter, the Court cautioned that external counsel should not replace in-house counsel.
Heartwarming news 🎉
16-year-old Christie Wanjiku received a hero's welcome at her school- Braeburn- on Wednesday after winning the first-ever team sport Olympic Gold medal for Kenya at the Youth Olympics in Dakar.
I still think Kenya hasn’t done enough to celebrate these girls. No other team in Kenya has even won an Olympic gold medal. If it were football, they would have been knighted by now.
Many Advocates waste precious time pursuing proceedings in the High Court for purposes of appeal. Two things. One, you do not need proceedings unless when appealing against a final judgment.
Two, in any event, when appealing against a judgment or ruling, file your Record of Appeal without the proceedings, and file a Supplementary Record of Appeal as soon as you get the proceedings.
All my appeals are filed within a day of obtaining the typed ruling or judgment (subject of course to payment of fees). Time is money for an Advocate. Do not waste it.
We may have had to count One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, but Blue Mississippi sure has a nice ring to it! Scott, you put your heart and soul into this race because you believe in the promise of your state’s people. And they believed in you right back. I’m honored to have stood alongside you. Congratulations!
My father Earvin Johnson Sr. was born in Mississippi. Man, I wish he was alive to see Scott Colom become the first Black senator from the state in over 140 years! 🙌🏾
Breaking News: Scott Colom, a Democrat, defeated Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, in a close race, according to The Associated Press. His win makes him the first Black senator elected in the state since Reconstruction.
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