WHY ANIMAL HOLIDAYS ARE SIGNIFICANT
In Summary •Many would be pleasantly surprised to know that one of the largest mammals, humpback whales, travel annually in their thousands from Antarctic to Kenya. A hippo. Image: COURTESY Today, February 15, is a special day for animal enthusiasts....
Read MoreSAYING IT WITH FLOWERS ON VALENTINE DAY
In Summary • The history of celebration of Valentine Day is an interesting one with no romantic origin. • Today, Valentine Day is celebrated globally as a day of love and the holiday is indeed big business. Red roses at...
Read MoreBIG TIM THE ICONIC TUSKER RESTS
In Summary • Conservation of the elephant in Kenya has a historical connotation. What a coincidence that the same day, Kenya lost Big Tim, Kenya’s second President too passed on. Big Tim. Image: Courtesy On Tuesday the February 4, 2020,...
Read MoreBIRD MIGRATION AND THE RISE OF AVITOURISM IN KENYA
Kenya has made vast strides in the sphere of protection of wildlife. In Summary • The Kenya Wildlife Service has come under scathing attack from Kenyans on social media platforms with many a person insinuating failure from the body. Birds...
Read MoreTO TAME OR NOT
Caged African Grey parrot This article discusses the increasingly rampant trend of keeping exotic pets and the direct link of the practice to possibility of Animal Cruelty By Advocate Juliet O. Nyangái Keeping exotic animals as pets or...
Read MorePOLITICS AND ANIMAL RIGHTS
By Juliet O. Nyang’ai, Adv Ms Juliet O. Nyang’ai is an animal enthusiast & a practicing lawyer with an apt interest in Animal Law .This paper seeks to explore the loop between animal rights, democracy and political protests and to...
Read MoreBESTIALITY, ANIMAL CRUELTY AND THE LAW
Ms Juliet O. Nyangái, Advocate & Legal Advisor AVC Advocate J.O. Nyangái discusses the criminal element of bestiality, trend of the same in Kenya and the direct link between bestiality and Animal Cruelty and Way forward There is a trend, a...
Read MoreJUVENILE JUSTICE: WHY STUDENTS BURNING SCHOOLS WON’T GO SCOT FREE
Raging fires have been reported in schools and this is not the raging fire to study but incidents of delinquency. Students are torching schools in seditious protests and the adversely affected are schools in the Nyanza region. The reasons cited...
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THE LINK BETWEEN STUDENT DELINQUENCY & CRIME – JUVENILE JUSTICE
Advocate Juliet O. Nyang’ai discusses the link between of juvenile delinquency and crime and the subscribed law in apprehending a minor who commits a ‘’crime’’ Raging fires have been reported in schools and this is not the raging fire to study but incidents of deli...
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DEMOCRACY IN THE EAST AFRICAN LANDSCAPE
Issues of Constitutionalism and Democracy seem to dominate the East African political landscape. The intrigues and capriciousness of East African politics is something of interest to not only scholars but also persons with apt interest in regional current affairs. Although the cast in all the Eas...
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