A city lawyer has won a claim against a dry cleaner after a three-piece Italian suit he entrusted to the company for dry-cleaning was returned with dark patches and loose threads.
The Small Claims Court awarded lawyer Emmanuel Mumia Sh114,616.36, being the proved value of the damaged suit, after finding that he had established a loss arising from the condition of the garments after cleaning.
For players who use composite baseball or softball bats, the break-in period can feel like part of the equipment itself. A new composite bat may need repeated contact before the barrel reaches the feel and responsiveness a player expects. That is where rolling enters the conversation.Rolling uses controlled pressure to flex a composite barrel and accelerate part of the natural break-in process.
The uneasy truce between President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Oburu Oginga-led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is facing a fresh test as the two parties begin confronting the most difficult question in their broad-based government arrangement — who gets to contest where in 2027.
Is a Cabinet Secretary in a critical docket losing the confidence of close allies and key State operatives? Questions are quietly emerging within government over the CS’s grip on his docket, with aides pointing to alleged missteps.
Those familiar with the internal dynamics say his Principal Secretary has come under fire, at times appearing to absorb criticism intended for the CS. The growing frustration has sparked questions about whether the CS can discharge his mandate. Some allies now privately question his continued stay in office.
A Member of Parliament has been avoiding meeting his colleagues for several weeks now. Fellow parliamentarians say the MP has been skipping coming to the House over an explosive remark he made outside the House a few weeks back.
According to the House rules, MPs cannot discuss the conduct of their colleague unless a substantive motion is introduced and in the presence of the subject-member.
Well aware of this provision, the MP has been finding excuses not to attend sessions and has even at one time travelled outside the country at the time the legislators were “baying for his blood”. It’s just a matter of time to see if the MP will account for his loose mouth.
Just who are the “vultures” in the country’s major political parties? The question has triggered a debate after an MP raised concerns over “vultures” circling a series of events lined up in coming months. The legislator, considered close to the party’s top leadership, is said to be unhappy with unnamed officials whom she accuses of conflicts of interest and using proxies to do business with the party.
Her concerns reportedly centre on contracts and supplies that, she argues, should benefit young people and vulnerable groups. She has questioned why officials would profit from “solemn” activities.
Did some party officials nearly come to blows over a vacant parliamentary commission post? The contest for the position appears to have generated considerable heat.
The scramble has also allegedly opened a window for some aides to cash in, with claims that individuals linked to senior officials have been approaching unsuspecting applicants and collecting money while promising to influence the outcome.
Whether the aides are acting on their own initiative or with the knowledge of their political masters remains unclear. As competing interests collide, one question lingers: who will ultimately secure the coveted vacant commission seat?
A political party is quietly grappling with an unusual leadership dilemma after one of its senior officials was barred from accessing office despite remaining a fully registered member.
The development has sparked murmurs within and outside the party, with officials and members questioning the move and whether it is part of a wider power struggle.
The emerging consensus among some party insiders is that unnamed “powerful forces” could be working behind the scenes to weaken the official and disrupt the party’s operations ahead of the 2027 General Election.
The episode has reportedly deepened suspicions of a campaign to sideline certain leaders, raising questions over who is pulling the strings and what interests are at play.
Is the recruitment of a senior officer of a critical agency causing division within the top leadership of the agency? Our sources within the agency have whispered to us that there is growing tension and fights between the leadership of the agency that has put to abeyance the much-anticipated shortlist.
And now, word has it that the staff of the agency have resolved not to provide the much-needed input on a burning tendering dispute so as to put to shame the agency.
For years, political fortunes across the country could be shaped around elders sitting under a tree, where community leaders negotiated consensus and rallied voters behind preferred candidates.
From the coast, Mt Kenya, Rift Valley, Nyanza and Northern Kenya where negotiated democracy reigned supreme, elders’ word was almost final.
In a government often dominated by career politicians, Prof Jane Kere Imbunya stands out as a scholar, reformer and administrator whose rise from a rural village classroom to the apex of public service is a testament to merit, grit and academic excellence.The Principal Secretary for the State Department for Public Service and Human Capital Development, Prof Imbunya is the woman President William Ruto has entrusted with the critical task of transforming Kenya’s public service into an efficient, ethical and people-centered institution.
Kabuchai MP Majimbo Kalasinga has urged President William Ruto’s administration to clarify its directive and public pronouncements on foreign nationals operating small-scale businesses in Kenya, warning that the manner in which the issue is handled could fuel xenophobia and expose Kenyans living and working abroad to retaliation.
One of the obstacles to spotting ongoing mistreatment in relationships is that many abusive men do not look like abusers. They have many good qualities, including kindness, warmth and humour, which hide their harmful behaviour, especially early in the relationship.
An abusive man is good at showing warmth at the start, by often making his partner feel special. This perfect beginning is part of almost every abusive relationship. There is an early pull of niceness that makes the victim feel comfortable and unsuspecting enough to lower her guard.
It is the power of those early months that hooks her and gets her attached. The charming start of a relationship with an abusive man can trap a woman. Like anyone in love, she tells her friends and family about her great man and his good points, and after praising him so much, she feels embarrassed to admit his later mistreatment.
When he starts abusing her, given how wonderful he seemed before, she assumes his abuse is something wrong inside him. She struggles to let go of her dream, since she believed she had found an amazing man. She starts wondering if she did something wrong or if something is deeply wrong with her, and easily looks for the problem within herself.
A question people often ask psychiatrists is: When an abusive man is charming at the start, is he deliberately planning to hook her and mistreat her later? According to Lundy Bancroft, who has worked with abusive men for almost 40 years as a counsellor, evaluator and investigator, the answer is no.
As an abusive man falls in love, he dreams of a happy future together, just as the woman does. He pictures a future where the woman meets all his needs, is attractive and sexy at all times, has no needs of her own, and admires his brilliance and charm.
He wants a woman who will look after him and never complain about anything he does, or bring him down with her own frustrations and unhappiness. The abusive man is mostly unaware of these selfish fantasies.
He has no way of knowing that he is looking for a servant, not a partner. He uses the language of togetherness, which convinces his partner. “We are going to be really good for each other,” “I really want to be there for you,” “I'll help you study so that you can get that promotion.”
He believes his own promises, because he wants to see himself as a caring partner who does not use and disrespect women. When he begins to control her, he finds endless ways to convince himself it is not happening, or that it is her fault. Abuse is not his goal, but control is, and he ends up using abuse to gain control, which he deeply believes he is owed.
Lundy gathered deep knowledge and insight from more than 2,000 cases, before writing the bestselling domestic violence book, Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men. He began working with abusive men, alone and in groups, in 1987, while starting a programme called Emerge, the first agency in the US to offer special services for abusive men.
The men Lundy worked with used far more verbal and emotional abuse than physical violence, though most had been physically threatening or violent at least once. Just as important, the female victims of violent men described the same pain in their lives that Lundy saw in women who had suffered psychological abuse—showing that different forms of abuse cause similar damage.
One common, unhealthy pattern in an angry and controlling man is that he keeps telling you what to think, and tries to get you to doubt and ignore your own views and beliefs.
An abusive man builds the kind of relationship he wants through charm and lies, and expects to keep it that way forever. When he starts to put her down and frighten her, he blames her and paints her as the villain for not letting him lie and manipulate his way. Worse, he doesn't see manipulation as abuse.
Abusive men are clever, calculating, and avoid admitting the harm they have caused women and children. They blame the victim, lie outright, shift blame and twist the truth to justify their actions, and have habits of mind that stop them from treating women with respect.
Most abusive men only agree to join a counselling programme when their partners threaten to leave. They then twist their counselling sessions to suit their own hidden purposes, instead of taking responsibility and looking honestly at their own flaws. An abuser wants to stop his partner from seeing the real causes of his behaviour. So he will dodge, lie, and convince the people around him, including his counsellor, that he isn't to blame for the abuse.
An abuser wants to stay a mystery, to escape the consequences of his behaviour and avoid facing his problem. Part of how he avoids facing it is by twisting the truth and convincing his victim, with total confidence, that she is the cause of his controlling behaviour.
When he cannot control people or keep winning them over, he skillfully creates confusion to shift attention away. He will go to great lengths to convince everyone he is not at fault, and keep misleading people through clever, manipulative tricks. Going to therapy and claiming he is now a devoted Christian are just more tricks he uses to escape responsibility, avoid judgment, and keep abusing.
The writer is a novelist, Big Brother Africa 2 Kenyan representative and founder of Jeff's Fitness Centre (@jeffbigbrother).
A DUI can change your ability to drive long after the traffic stop ends. You may suddenly have to figure out whether you can drive to work, when you might get your full license back, and what requirements stand between you and reinstatement. Those questions can become especially confusing because DUI laws vary from one state to another.
Veteran journalist Mukalo Kwayera has appealed to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) church to ban politicians from publicly handing cash to bereaved families at burial servicesKwayera argued that the trend is increasingly posing a great danger to families of deceased persons.He stated that whereas families who lose their loved ones will always need help in many forms, such assistance should be given with a tinge of decorum and a sense of security in mind.