tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.comments2023-09-30T15:11:43.991+03:00... jamaapoa ...jamaapoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925154459450923456noreply@blogger.comBlogger428125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-47184081723519122522011-02-23T09:50:35.118+03:002011-02-23T09:50:35.118+03:00No, Stella was my neighbor in Rubia/Langata. Humbl...No, Stella was my neighbor in Rubia/Langata. Humble folks they were and I use to visit their home many times, and she would come to my house to visit many times. Just happened to be @ the right time at the right place. She dated Moi's daughters' partners when they worked @ Corner house in Nairobi. Maybe that opened up some doors.Chandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-32627090179070134592010-10-25T13:21:00.665+03:002010-10-25T13:21:00.665+03:00Wow,this is a lovely piece.
Will be thinking abou...Wow,this is a lovely piece.<br /><br />Will be thinking about it the whole week.Befnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-74776376569234392162010-08-26T12:51:06.738+03:002010-08-26T12:51:06.738+03:00i strongly cocur with njoki that written law can o...i strongly cocur with njoki that written law can only mean existing laws and not future laws and that is precisely the penal code, sexual offences Act etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-85238182644231127002010-08-06T23:23:15.747+03:002010-08-06T23:23:15.747+03:00people, we have a bigger problem at hand. We may h...people, we have a bigger problem at hand. We may have the best laws ever bt how are the enforced, implemented.... abortions take place even now that abortion is illegal left, right n centre!!!!! How many have lost their lives? <br /><br />WA MAINAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-56344122230804145882010-08-01T19:08:00.905+03:002010-08-01T19:08:00.905+03:00having njoki ndungu say it referred to existing la...having njoki ndungu say it referred to existing laws is absurd. With my little grammar on implicature and tenses, nothing expressly indicates it is NOT referring to future lawsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-18393075834902830492010-07-16T15:01:46.451+03:002010-07-16T15:01:46.451+03:00Its high time irresponsible Kenyan women and men l...Its high time irresponsible Kenyan women and men learnt to take up their responsibilities!Legalisation on abortion would therefore imply on increased moral decay as is the case now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-51421754810546897552010-06-25T04:23:54.444+03:002010-06-25T04:23:54.444+03:00@Njoki, I agree you did not move it but was moved ...@Njoki, I agree you did not move it but was moved by AG as corrected in the post. I referred to it as a Bill assuming that it is a Bill coz it is not passed by parliament, otherwise it would be referred to as an Act. <br /><br />I have however found articles that quote you "defending" the bill.<br /><br />One thing I wonder about the draft is if COE did not mean to refer to future laws jamaapoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925154459450923456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-67646830448215299202010-06-17T13:16:21.696+03:002010-06-17T13:16:21.696+03:00There is a fallacy in this debate ... that removin...There is a fallacy in this debate ... that removing the courts will unify Kenyans. Further, what is being advocated here ignores objective truth ... that the laws in our books are borrowed from our Christian colonial masters. The Sultan would not have insisted on the Kadhi's courts if he believed Kenya was a secular state. Kenya is a secular state in name only. This hypocrisy and CharlesKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788547707089129998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-91581293855548594232010-06-08T13:00:39.026+03:002010-06-08T13:00:39.026+03:00Interesting to see Njoki's comments here.
I t...Interesting to see Njoki's comments here.<br /><br />I think the draft is much more progressive than the old one and we need to pass it. No constitution is perfect and whatever needs to be amended can be done at a future date.<br /><br />Barbra.Jolieahttp://joliea.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-17408935787161457902010-06-06T05:54:24.634+03:002010-06-06T05:54:24.634+03:00I am shocked by the previous commenter, whoever th...I am shocked by the previous commenter, whoever they are, they should please not talk for women. If you have read propely you will know that women are in fact the biggest winners, whether we talk about non-discrimination of the basis of gender or representation and appointments to positions in Government. Incidentaly muslim women want the Kadhis courts more than the men because under muslim law Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-91210035114091898632010-06-05T19:11:48.474+03:002010-06-05T19:11:48.474+03:00WHY AS A WOMAN, YOU SHOULD VOTE NO!
INSTITUTIONALI...WHY AS A WOMAN, YOU SHOULD VOTE NO!<br />INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INJUSTICE AND <br />DISCRIMINATION BY GENDER<br />Kadhi’s courts are basically driven by Sharia law. Kadhi’s courts even as they are today, do not assure justice for Islamic women, because they are made purely for male domineering Muslims.<br />Here are the premises that underpin that assertion.<br />When it comes to inheritance, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-25273331544150194322010-06-05T17:46:15.786+03:002010-06-05T17:46:15.786+03:00Wewe! Jamaapoa,
Please get your facts right. Ther...Wewe! Jamaapoa,<br /><br />Please get your facts right. There is no such Bill called the Reproductive Health and Right Bill that has been passed by Parliament. Certainly, not moved by me! I moved the Sexual Offences Bill, which focused on sexual violence and is now law. (Check the Kenya laws online website for this). There is no provision for abortion in this law.<br /><br />However, as a member Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-17863450830920022182010-06-05T15:51:04.090+03:002010-06-05T15:51:04.090+03:00I find the Reproductive Health and Right Bill is o...I find the Reproductive Health and Right Bill is one such a progressive piece of Legislation.<br />It moves our debate forward.<br /><br />Odhiambo T OketchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-33285524447241299602010-06-04T15:10:23.454+03:002010-06-04T15:10:23.454+03:00PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF KENYA
PROPOSALS FOR AMEN...PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF KENYA<br /><br />PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENTS OF THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION<br /><br />CHAPTER ONE - SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE AND THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION<br /><br />1. Article 8 provides that "There shall be no state religion". However, previous draft constitutions had two important principles: One, "That state and religion shall be separate"; wapzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101458596007948182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-65254111451129025612010-04-27T21:45:18.145+03:002010-04-27T21:45:18.145+03:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpd-Ek1-RRc
Maybe ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpd-Ek1-RRc<br /><br />Maybe our NCCK will take the same path.<br /><br />No harm in wishingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-4454673459543562642010-04-24T20:48:11.787+03:002010-04-24T20:48:11.787+03:00Freedom of Expression:
33....(2) The right to free...Freedom of Expression:<br />33....(2) The right to freedom of expression does not extend to—....<br />(d)advocacy of hatred that—<br />... (ii) is based on any ground of discrimination mentioned or contemplated in Article 27 (4).<br /><br />How will this provision in the bill of rights really be practiced? It seems very subjective. Someone arguing against Kadhi courts could easily be said to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-31996048136164313862010-04-19T15:17:03.621+03:002010-04-19T15:17:03.621+03:00YES 54% NO 46% (Why are there more YESes than ...YES 54% NO 46% (Why are there more YESes than Nos). Because the reasons for which many are voting NO are the same reasons why Many are for YES)<br /><br />I know that our society is rotten and so are our so-called leaders (MPs). While majority claim to be Christians and attend church most of the Sundays, they cannot see why Kadhis and Abortion clauses have a problem. Given that the church Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226940976849376941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-20318016226882287402010-04-14T23:22:07.549+03:002010-04-14T23:22:07.549+03:00We have enough examples to see what Islam does to ...We have enough examples to see what Islam does to a country in the Islamic dominated countries where there is absolutely no freedom to Christians. Yet we're being told that Islam is peaceful. The world has eyes, and the truth must be declared as it is - Kadhi courts, if they must take place, must take place within the confines of the Muslim community. No one stops you from doing it if you areAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-54766172279322725262010-04-09T10:02:38.901+03:002010-04-09T10:02:38.901+03:00Q: What do Kadhi courts do?
A: They arbitrate on ...Q: What do Kadhi courts do?<br /><br />A: They arbitrate on matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance and other personal issues guided by islamic faith as prescribed in the Koran and other islamic texts<br /><br />Q: What is sharia law?<br /><br />A: Arbitration/judgement/law based on the koran and other islamic texts<br /><br />Q: Are kadhi courts == sharia courts<br /><br />A: Yes<br /><br />Q:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-60303968273529993022010-04-07T13:14:54.129+03:002010-04-07T13:14:54.129+03:00Anthony - says, Kenya is a secular state, Religio...Anthony - says, Kenya is a secular state, Religious courts are out of question. Kenya loves all equally. I wonder the majority (Christians) are not fighting to have Kenya become a Christian state! If you would be in a country where Muslims are the majority, this would not have been a debate but the sons of Ishmael would have overruled.<br />I urge our Muslim community to love and stop the agendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-16556070719628148942010-03-26T11:38:38.060+03:002010-03-26T11:38:38.060+03:00Please let me point out several injustices even in...Please let me point out several injustices even in your own statement.<br /><br />1....Kadhis Courts.....it is an outright injustice to other religions. Kenya is a multi-religious society!.Christians have two Holydays every week (Sat & Sun)while other religions go to work on their holy days e.g Friday.All tax payers are denied services in Govt offices during these days.<br /><br />2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-26396525145351532992010-03-17T13:09:26.792+03:002010-03-17T13:09:26.792+03:00Hmm I think it should debated soberly, being passi...Hmm I think it should debated soberly, being passionate about some cultural beliefs is what created the whole FGM nightmare. Facts should be examined, most people who use the unit-cultural slogan are usually the most quick to stigmatise single women and will not care for children born to them. I think they should be very open-minded and look at the facts as they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-14546982458720599702010-03-11T15:19:15.581+03:002010-03-11T15:19:15.581+03:00Kadhi courts are in the current constitution
They...Kadhi courts are in the current constitution<br /><br />They have not harmed anyone and so will not harm anyone in future.<br /><br />Kadhi courts will exist whether in the constitution or not. They are part of the Muslim observance.<br /><br />Kenya has to honour Kenyatta's deal with the Sultan of Zanzibar.<br /><br />Constitution has to protect the right of minorities like the Muslimsalimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-73807335885118835492010-02-08T19:31:29.409+03:002010-02-08T19:31:29.409+03:00I just bumped into your site. Very informative. I ...I just bumped into your site. Very informative. I shall become a follower. Keep it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914561.post-20466614683299571732010-01-30T02:49:23.740+03:002010-01-30T02:49:23.740+03:00Interesting line of thought. I agree with you but ...Interesting line of thought. I agree with you but my idea was very intuitive; not perfectly chained like yours. <br /><br />Thanks and congratulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com