To you the darling of my love,
Comrade of my joys
Comforter of my small grief’s
What joy to behold thy love;
The oil of gladness
Truth be told, mind made fool to
The steadfast tick of the heart
Peacefully beating nearer
Churning a rhythm
Fine-tuned to its owner alone
And her beloved
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
the way of the sun!!
The way of the sun
The brightness of the sun,
Though it borrows from the rainbow
It surpasses not the radiance of your smile
Nor nears the bright shine of those diamond eyes
Their clarity casts a time spell
And brings my horizon nearer
Turning my tomorrow; today
Like a burning ingot, my heart burns within
Giving flames to my love
Beating to praise thee beloved’
Chariots of love it carries
Lover of thee my knight!
Forget not the mystic rays,
Touching your feet making magnificent Atlas
A valet in disguise, for I ride not in skies
As you my beloved, are, my paradise…
By: jemu90
The brightness of the sun,
Though it borrows from the rainbow
It surpasses not the radiance of your smile
Nor nears the bright shine of those diamond eyes
Their clarity casts a time spell
And brings my horizon nearer
Turning my tomorrow; today
Like a burning ingot, my heart burns within
Giving flames to my love
Beating to praise thee beloved’
Chariots of love it carries
Lover of thee my knight!
Forget not the mystic rays,
Touching your feet making magnificent Atlas
A valet in disguise, for I ride not in skies
As you my beloved, are, my paradise…
By: jemu90
CONSUMER RIGHTS LAW
The other day my colleague bought himself a nokia phone, the ones that are on display in almost every electronic shop across Kenya. Going by appearance, the phone surpassed its advertised standards. Loaded with internet, polyphonic ringtones fm radio, Bluetooth, and many other features its label said. Sadly however, that was not what impressed my colleague. The price of this gadget was the bait. The phone with all its supposed features it boasted of coasted only Kshs 2000/.
That should have raised question marks to my colleague as the adage goes, cheap is expensive but what can I say…we are Kenyan and our love for freebies and cheap things is infinite. So you might all guess the sad ending of the story. Yes, you are correct; the phone’s lifespan was shorter than its warranty.
This brings me to the point of discussion on consumer protection law in our country. This is basically about consumer rights. Consumer Law - Consumers are defined as individuals who purchase, use, maintain, and dispose of products and services. Consumers are users of the final product. These individuals are entitled to four basic rights before their purchase of their final product. The right of choice, price, product and the most important one, the right of information.
Consumer rights are now entrenched in the constitution of Kenya. This means that they have been accorded paramount recognition and cannot be denied by anyone. The constitution states that consumers have the right to quality goods and services; they have the right to information so as to gain benefit from goods and services. These rights should be adequate to guarantee protection of health, safety and economic interests. They compensate for loss from defective goods and services and state that consumers have a right to fair, honest and decent advertisements.
From this we expect to see improvement of quality in goods and services, increased competition in the market place, and increasingly sophisticated consumer and a change in advertising strategies. However from statistics of the massive abuse of consumer rights witnessed since the enactment of the new constitution, one cannot be pessimistic to a certain extent. We have witnessed deaths brought about by the local liquor (chang’aa), the entry of massive fake electronic products not to mention the generic prescription drugs entering our country through the black market. Even with the correct institutions such as the Kenya Bureau of Standards fully mandated with the jurisdiction of certifying products before they reach the consumer, there are still so many cases of blatant disregard of the law of concerning rights and protection.
The buck doesn’t stop at placing labels and mentioning the ingredients of the product. The consumer should be fully guaranteed of the safety of the product. A commission charged with Consumer Product safety should be formed. A counter agency that works alongside Kenya bureau of Standards charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. It should be committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The agencies work should be to ensure the safety of consumer products –such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals which have caused a large number of deaths.
Consumer protection laws are designed to ensure fair competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional protection for the weak and those unable to take care of themselves. Consumer protection laws are a form of government regulation which protects the interests of consumers. We should remember however that a good law is as good as nothing if not adhered to.
That should have raised question marks to my colleague as the adage goes, cheap is expensive but what can I say…we are Kenyan and our love for freebies and cheap things is infinite. So you might all guess the sad ending of the story. Yes, you are correct; the phone’s lifespan was shorter than its warranty.
This brings me to the point of discussion on consumer protection law in our country. This is basically about consumer rights. Consumer Law - Consumers are defined as individuals who purchase, use, maintain, and dispose of products and services. Consumers are users of the final product. These individuals are entitled to four basic rights before their purchase of their final product. The right of choice, price, product and the most important one, the right of information.
Consumer rights are now entrenched in the constitution of Kenya. This means that they have been accorded paramount recognition and cannot be denied by anyone. The constitution states that consumers have the right to quality goods and services; they have the right to information so as to gain benefit from goods and services. These rights should be adequate to guarantee protection of health, safety and economic interests. They compensate for loss from defective goods and services and state that consumers have a right to fair, honest and decent advertisements.
From this we expect to see improvement of quality in goods and services, increased competition in the market place, and increasingly sophisticated consumer and a change in advertising strategies. However from statistics of the massive abuse of consumer rights witnessed since the enactment of the new constitution, one cannot be pessimistic to a certain extent. We have witnessed deaths brought about by the local liquor (chang’aa), the entry of massive fake electronic products not to mention the generic prescription drugs entering our country through the black market. Even with the correct institutions such as the Kenya Bureau of Standards fully mandated with the jurisdiction of certifying products before they reach the consumer, there are still so many cases of blatant disregard of the law of concerning rights and protection.
The buck doesn’t stop at placing labels and mentioning the ingredients of the product. The consumer should be fully guaranteed of the safety of the product. A commission charged with Consumer Product safety should be formed. A counter agency that works alongside Kenya bureau of Standards charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. It should be committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The agencies work should be to ensure the safety of consumer products –such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals which have caused a large number of deaths.
Consumer protection laws are designed to ensure fair competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional protection for the weak and those unable to take care of themselves. Consumer protection laws are a form of government regulation which protects the interests of consumers. We should remember however that a good law is as good as nothing if not adhered to.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
KABOJJA!
There is one thing in Kabojja
That sets my heart to rest,
Neither morning nor eventide
Accompanied by their armored cruelties
Crushes away the peace that harbors
In my heart as eye caches sight
Of my cherished friends
Sure, I long for the gates
Of my treacherous future to open
But surely enough; the day
Of my departure in kabojja
With sighs, heavy for mine
Heart clothed in despair
Will longingly yearn for dear souls
Whose sight quenches the love
Which surrounded me but leaveth
As I entered the gates of mighty
Kabojja! Moving towards them propelled
By carnal compulsion colours
Dulling our Rainbows
The petals soft like a mother’s touch
Without them, this place would but
A garrison it would be for me
For their presence invites me to
An azimuth of familiarity.
That sets my heart to rest,
Neither morning nor eventide
Accompanied by their armored cruelties
Crushes away the peace that harbors
In my heart as eye caches sight
Of my cherished friends
Sure, I long for the gates
Of my treacherous future to open
But surely enough; the day
Of my departure in kabojja
With sighs, heavy for mine
Heart clothed in despair
Will longingly yearn for dear souls
Whose sight quenches the love
Which surrounded me but leaveth
As I entered the gates of mighty
Kabojja! Moving towards them propelled
By carnal compulsion colours
Dulling our Rainbows
The petals soft like a mother’s touch
Without them, this place would but
A garrison it would be for me
For their presence invites me to
An azimuth of familiarity.
OF BLINGS AND DOG CHAINS!
Of blings and dog chains
They swoosh and swish
Their brilliance blinding
Its luster, deeming an allure of poverty
Braces of dignity gone awry
Truancy legalized in fashion of acceptance
Of blings and dog chains
Tying our sons in valleys of slavery
Slavery to a dysfunctional society
Swooshing with shinning madness
Weighing down our norms
Embracing chains decorated with American stones
Nonetheless our culture of modesty
Thrown to the dogs as we adorn
The blings and chains of our modern society
Contemporary they say, contemptuous to grannies eyes
Her wizened eyes blinded by our blings
Bringing sadness to her face.
Goodbye to modesty of our past
Solidarity in gross and cruel modernization
Slamming away family norms and adopting the new hybrid hitlerhood
Of technology and misconstrued liberalism
A ticket to annihilation and democratic narcissism,
is our new world order of brotherhood.
brotherhood of blings and dog chains
That chain us to civilization
To betrayal in the name of ambition
a pursuit of self-actualization
That dooms the essence of community
Man, beast and environment all
Casualty of our self-realization.
Loss of inner grace and beauty
as we adorn our blings of modernization.
Entry of cosmetic self-esteem.
Yes, bringing tears to sweet granny’s eyes.
They swoosh and swish
Their brilliance blinding
Its luster, deeming an allure of poverty
Braces of dignity gone awry
Truancy legalized in fashion of acceptance
Of blings and dog chains
Tying our sons in valleys of slavery
Slavery to a dysfunctional society
Swooshing with shinning madness
Weighing down our norms
Embracing chains decorated with American stones
Nonetheless our culture of modesty
Thrown to the dogs as we adorn
The blings and chains of our modern society
Contemporary they say, contemptuous to grannies eyes
Her wizened eyes blinded by our blings
Bringing sadness to her face.
Goodbye to modesty of our past
Solidarity in gross and cruel modernization
Slamming away family norms and adopting the new hybrid hitlerhood
Of technology and misconstrued liberalism
A ticket to annihilation and democratic narcissism,
is our new world order of brotherhood.
brotherhood of blings and dog chains
That chain us to civilization
To betrayal in the name of ambition
a pursuit of self-actualization
That dooms the essence of community
Man, beast and environment all
Casualty of our self-realization.
Loss of inner grace and beauty
as we adorn our blings of modernization.
Entry of cosmetic self-esteem.
Yes, bringing tears to sweet granny’s eyes.
canaan
I want to take a long journey
Its destination may not be Canaan
Though unlike Canaan;
It’s a land full of flowing peace and rest
No more overflowing honey and milk
Which of course of this world
Would involve a lot of beekeeping and livestock management
Nonetheless, a minor setback for the descendants of Abraham
For their millstone around their neck will turn a milestone
But for I, my foreign Canaan
Rest will be my stable food as sweet as honey
Day in, day out, till Judgement day
But so much unlike Jacob’s kids
Whereby a reduction of a mile chores to mere milli chore
Will result into an addition of milestone of rebellion
Yet far a long journey must come to an end
Whether expected or that comes as a surprise
All life’s weary journey comes to an ultimate end
Knowing this resigns us to rest already
Its destination may not be Canaan
Though unlike Canaan;
It’s a land full of flowing peace and rest
No more overflowing honey and milk
Which of course of this world
Would involve a lot of beekeeping and livestock management
Nonetheless, a minor setback for the descendants of Abraham
For their millstone around their neck will turn a milestone
But for I, my foreign Canaan
Rest will be my stable food as sweet as honey
Day in, day out, till Judgement day
But so much unlike Jacob’s kids
Whereby a reduction of a mile chores to mere milli chore
Will result into an addition of milestone of rebellion
Yet far a long journey must come to an end
Whether expected or that comes as a surprise
All life’s weary journey comes to an ultimate end
Knowing this resigns us to rest already
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