Workplace Unwritten Laws

Unwritten law refers to the law based upon custom and  usage. It is distinguished from the enactments of a legislature, orders or decrees in writing. Although an unwritten law is not enacted in the form of statute or ordinance, it has got legal sanction. An unwritten law need not be expressly evidenced in court decisions, but may be collected, gathered or implied there from under statute.

Come to think of It . What do you think about the below unwritten laws on the workplace

Mysterious death

My day was well spent but when the night came I experienced what I can refer to as a cold-blooded murder. Ladys and Gentlemen please help me understand why there is so much killing and sometime without taking any valuable from the victim or even  vandalism.It's not so easy, as it turns out. The following is what happened to my neighbor:

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He arrived home at about 1am...and shortly after,these morons arrived and cornered the Watchmen,asked them where Emmanuel was and they were shown the house..

what I gather is that they called him out,which he did,I heard screams which is common here, when I peeped through the window is when I saw the first shot been fired then a second shot and that's when I called for help,

one was dressed in blue,before the shots,I thought he was a cop,then a third shot and a fourth one..and they were not in a hurry,the alarm came on and they stepped out,soon after it went off,they did a fifth one outside, it took some time before I stepped out,went where the shots were fired,saw two cartridges,took pictures,then I noticed blood,but not a lot.

when guys came out is when we were told that someone had been shot,I rushed into the house,found him on the seat, but he was not bleeding profusely,in fact there was a clot,he did speak,but when I lifted him,he groaned,n I knew he was not ok..so we took him to the car,he was conscious,he was rushed to hospital,and after about an hour,I suspect,he died..

THERE’S MORE TO WHAT WE WATCH

Memory biases:
 Photo Courtesy of Kmac

I don’t watch a lot of TV. I think the real world is way more interesting. I appreciate the role St Paul’s University has played in making it possible for me not to watch Tv especially News bulletin, another player I would like to congratulate is ‘the Thika Superhighway’ . I know most of us might be wondering why the above parties are so important to me. The former has scheduled its evening classes to end at 8.30pm and even if it ends earlier I can’t make it home before the 9.00pm bulletin. The latter despite it being one way traffic with more lanes it has decided to keep us on the road.

I’ll be honest, though—watching the news can be a real routine. It can make a person think everything is doom and gloom and that nothing good happens ever.I guess that’s good for ratings. But the sad truth is, throughout the world, every day something devastating is happening. A vehicle plunges into ocean, KDF exploded by improvised explosive, hate speech by politicians.

Why would the media want to communicate such destructive information , you may ask. The answer is, because our culture has no values; it's amoral. It doesn't care about us and it has no sense of social responsibility.

Today's media is concerned with only one thing, money, and it will do everything and sacrifice anything to achieve that end, including hurting the society it is meant to serve.

Some argue that the media  is just giving us what we want. But I don't recall any demonstrations outside of the television/radio studios demanding such content.

Sure, there’s a lot to be concerned about

I believe there are good things that can be reported and hence changing the perception of Kenya. Some people have even gone ahead to hate their country because of what they see on TVs. They tend to believe what they see a reality, but far from the truth there are good things that Kenyan can be informed about.

Don’t believe the people who tell you there’s no hope or everything is bad. Some of the media outlets have severe biases and it has reached a point where they dont even bother to pretend they dont.

Functions of the media such a education , inform and  analyze data for the public has been left unattended.  The public is need of information concerning disaster preparedness, disease control, Climate  change, stress management, Drug abuse management, wellness, new technology among others but what they get from the media are negative news and subjective reporting.

Next time you hear bad news, ask yourself how you can be make a good news out of it.

Uxoricide: Worrying trend in Kenya

Burial of the Vera Beauty college girl raped, killed, hand and legs chopped off by a man she rejected.

I has been by concern and it is still my concern on the number of Uxoricide experienced in Kenya. Uxoricide is derived from.two Latin words  uxor meaning "wife" and -cide, meaning "to cut, to kill" . It means termination of life of a wife or a romantic partner.

I have failed to understand what is causing all these deaths. 

Most deaths have been attributed to love affairs gone sour but does it mean if love ends there must be comission of crime. 

Somebody you have been in a relationship with, somebody you have helped in the time of need, somebody who has helped you put off "fire" and somebody who has given you company for a period of time, then you take a knife, machete, struggulation rope or a gunny bag to end her life, How? Why? For what? 

It pain me to see young girls lose life in the hands of their boyfriends. I am left wondering what might be the cause of all these killing, Is it a demon sent to Kenya, is it that people are over investing in their partners, peer pressure or it's a matter of multiple partners. 

For the last few years there has been 

heartless murder of female university students all because of love. University of Nairobi School of Journalism master’s student Mercy Keino in 2011 to 2019 brutal killing of Ms Ivy Wangechi, a sixth-year medical student at Moi University.

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Carol Ngumbu, 21

Student at Kenya Medical Training College, Karen Campus. Her body was found alongside that of IEBC ICT manager Chris Msando days after the duo went missing.

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Faith Chepkirui

Chepkirui, a first-year student at Kaiboi Technical Training Institute, was stabbed three times by her boyfriend Mathew Kiptoo Yego, a second-year student at the same institution.

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Christine Maonga

In March 2019 , graduate student and high school teacher Christine Maonga was reportedly shot by her lover at her house in Navakholo in Kakamega County after he found out that Christine had abandoned him for another man.

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Vennah Kemunto, 22

Kisii University student Vennah Kemunto was strangled to death by her 23-year-old boyfriend Samson Obwocha in September 2018 in her hostel room in Kisii County.

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Cynthia Chelagat

Chelagat was in her final year of studying for a Bachelor of Agriculture degree at Egerton University’s Njoro campus when she was killed in February 2018 by being stabbed six times by her boyfriend Edmond Ruto

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Sharon Otieno, 26

Ms Otieno was a second-year student at Rongo University. She was abducted and killed when she was seven months pregnant.

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Beryl Atieno, 28

In February 2019, Paul Ochieng’, 21, who had been living with Form Two student Beryl Atieno, 18, for 10 months at Ober Village, Ndhiwa Sub-County, violently hit her on the head with a table leg and killed her, before hanging himself on the rafters of his house.

However the accused persons and their conspirators are in court, it cannot bring the life of young girls back. Something need to be done. But if you ask me what should be done, I might not be able to give any option because I am still in pain.

Even the media has been tired of these sad stories.  I know of a The Vera Beauty college girl who was raped, killed, chopped off her hands and legs inside her mother's house by a man she rejected and no media has highlighted this.

Anyway....

Find the report by UNODC

How we executed Willie Kimani's murder – Peter Ngugi

I have heard instances of conspiracy but last Monday was different for me after witnessing the production of a chilling confession statement of the 5th accused person in a case where Four Administration Police (AP) officers, Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet, Sylvia Wanjiku, Leonard Maina and police informer Peter Ngugi are charged with the murder of human right lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri.

The prosecutions on Monday presented a 38th witness a police officer Inspector Geoffrey Kinyua attached to DCI headquarters who recorded a 21-page confession statement by the 5th accused persons and a police informer Peter Ngugi’s produced it as evidence in the case.

Mr. Kinyua took the court through a detailed account on the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani by reading the statement to the court which demonstrated how the murder of the three was planned and executed.

According to the statement Peter Ngugi was approached by a police officer Fredrick Leliman to assist him in execution of the murder with only Ksh 4000, drinks and a supper. Ngugi revealed how they killed Kimani and two other victims before their bodies were dumped in the Ol Donyo Sabuk River.

Download the confession below

My frustrations on Ferry Accident Part 3

In the waters, the small car rises and falls. It lists and flounders. The powerful sway of the gentle waves turns the car around. It’s as if the waves are wondering what an alien object with two humans is doing in these waters.

Another powerful waves rocks the car. The engine hisses, noses down before the car rights up.

Mariam is not screaming. She can’t. Everything has slowed down. Time has stopped. She sees through the eyes of a sleepwalker.

The water is streaming in through the miniscule holes in the floor; through the door cracks; past the window sill. Not a lot.

Just enough to know the car is taking in ocean water. A strong wave slams the car. It rocks violently. A huge spray drenches her windscreen.

Terror rips through her paralysis. She screams.

At the rear seat, Amanda jerks awake. She finds herself in unfamiliar place. She is disoriented. Wide-eyed; terrified. Her mother is screaming.

The little girl tries to move; to reach for her mother. She can’t. The harness holds her back.

“Mama!” she calls, hands stretched out.

At the call, Mariam stops screaming. She reaches back for her daughter. She can't. Her safety belt is too tight. She strains. Nothing.

A powerful riptide hits that car and almost overturns it. Miraculously, the car rights itself; barely. Not for long. It’s sinking. Her daughter is still calling out for her. Her voice is fading.

From the foggy windscreen, Mariam catches a dim glimpse of the ferry disappearing in mist of sea waters. Standing on the railings are hundreds of people with cellphones; recording her death.

Water streams in. It’s now up to her chest. She knows with certainty she is going to die. There is no panic in her; just quiet resignation. There is no pain; just regret. Amanda will not visit Haller Park in next year’s birthday.

From the back seat, Amanda has fallen silence. Mariam hopes she has gone back to sleep. The water rises to the neck level.

From outside, comes the sound like strong wind across leaves of a dense forest. Mariam thinks it’s a speedboat with divers coming to her. Only it’s not. It’s tons of water rushing in the car.

The car sinks.

My frustrations on Ferry Accident Part 2

Mariam boards the ferry as she has done many times before. She carefully parks the car and kills the engine. She makes sure Amanda is properly strapped in baby’s seat at the back.

She checks on the harness. It’s in place. Amanda is safe. From the rear view mirror, she sees the ramp is down.

She frowns. She feels slight flutter of panic.

‘Did they forget to pull up the ramp?’ she wonder. “What if…’ But she can’t complete that thought. The what-if is too frightening.

The ferry lurches away. She signs with relief. She turns to check on Amanda again. The little girl is sleeping. It’s been a long day. Soon they will be home. A shower maybe. Then a long rest. She smiles. Her mind drifts away to plan ahead.

Then there is a terrible lurch. The car moves. At first, she has no idea what is happening. Then she feels it. The car is moving.

Before she realizes it, there is a terrible crash; the sound of her car hitting the ocean waters. Her mind is on automatic shutdown. It can’t register she is no longer inside the safety of the ferry.

My frustrations on Ferry Accident Part 1

I am not upset. I am not even sad. I am just numb.

One Twenty-four hours later, a mother and daughter are still trapped in the chilly deep of Likoni Channel. Their bodies lie in those dark depths; dead.

They remain suspended inside their car: floating, swaying gently at the slightest push of underwater currents.

We know their names. Mariam and Amanda. Lovely names. Mother and daughter. They were together at birth; they still are; in death.

I have not watch that harrowing clip. I can’t. Not if I am to remain sane. But I don’t need to. I have been in that car. In my head; in my dreams.

I know Mariam; mother. She is a law-abiding citizen. The car is fully insured. Her driving license is valid. All her safety belts work.

She has never been arrested for speeding. She never overlaps. She never overtakes on a continuous line. She pays all her taxes. On time.
She registered for Huduma number. She opened her door to census officials. And she took all her 1000 notes to her bank.

Mariam is you and me.

I know Amanda. She is scared of the dark. She mumbles while sleeping. She hates broccoli. She loves teletubbies. Her mother calls her Amy because Amanda is too long.

Amanda is your daughter and mine

What Pastor Ng’ang’a had to say about VIRAL Clips

The following are the responses of controversial Pastor James Ng'ang'a to the viral clips via social media

Viral clips are schemes by my rivals

They cut clips from my sermons and take them out of context, he says

"Am not seeking publicity and I don't want to trend, this is my church, I have bought with my money, and the TV station that I am preaching on is also mine,"
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 I am old and rich enough to look for publicity."

"Why do people want to touch on the negative things I do? I feed people, I heal people among other things but no one who wants to write about that," he said.

"Pastors have different ways of passing a message and we cannot be similar, kwani sisi ni meno?

Do you think he is justified if yes/no why?

Is it because of real LOVE

Photo: courtesy of Sky news 

Singer R Kellys who is facing several counts of sex related charges in Chicago and New York is  asking a judge to reconsider granting him bail because he is only able to see one girlfriend at a time in jail, according to US media.

A request to reconsider granting the 52-year-old bail was filed on Monday in New York after the court had ruled  that only one person unrelated to Kelly can visit him at a time over 90 days - so just one of the two women who lived with him before he was jailed can visit during that period.

"In other words, although he lives and has lived with two lady friends, only one of them is allowed to be on his visiting list, and after 90 days he is required to switch.

"No other friends or professional colleagues are allowed to visit."

What is your opinions, due think it because or real love to the women or just an excuse to secure bail terms?

Moral lessons

What can you take home from this video?