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Over the past few years, the world has witnessed increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in almost every sphere of life. Some of the AI solutions such as ChatGPT by OpenAI have drawn immense public attention and are said to be “revolutionary”. Governments and businesses world-wide are exploring ways of integrating AI into the economy and businesses

If you are employed on a fixed-term contract, prepare to go home on the expiry date unless your employer advises you otherwise. Indeed, the preparation should start from the day you sign the contract. That is the latest, crisp albeit stone-cold advisement from the Court of Appeal.

Kenya has recently experienced most civic and political gatherings being infiltrated and violently disrupted by hired thugs leaving a trail of injury and wanton destruction of property. Trends in political rallies and meetings reveal a rise in “goon” culture. Hired persons are unleashed on unexpecting gatherings to terrorize, disrupt meetings and cause mayhem. These ‘goons’ are deliberately mobilized to scuttle gatherings and political activities with the aim of intimidating citizens and consolidating and aligning political alignments by rival camps. At the end of the stick, businessmen and property owners have been left counting losses most of which are not recoverable unless well-worded insurance covers are in place. Historically, Kenya has seen the emergence of armed groups funded by rival factions to fuel political violence. During the 2007/2008 post election violence, armed militias were used by political factions to terrorize citizens along tribal lines, causing personal injuries, death and destruction of property. In June 2024, Kenya witnessed a destructive wave of violence where goons were used to silence Finance Bill protests mainly organised by GEN-Zs.

For generations, the dream of property ownership in Kenya has been haunted by a persistent nightmare: fraudulent title deeds, double allocations, missing files, endless paperwork, and a web of costly intermediaries. This uncertainty has negatively impacted and deterred property investment. Now, a groundbreaking technology best known for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin may hold the key to building a more transparent, efficient, and secure real estate market: blockchain.

The growing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) in legal work is increasingly dividing opinion between skeptics and believers. Skeptics warn of inaccuracy, ethical compromise and declining service quality. Believers, on the other hand, maintain that AI is not only inevitable but indispensable to modern legal practice. The truth, however, lies somewhere in between. AI is neither a panacea nor a threat to be resisted. It presents a shift in how legal services are being delivered to businesses.

Despite its certainty like childbirth, retirement appears to always arrive too early, hitting most employees unawares like the arrival of a pre-term baby. Retirement parties often sound and feel like commiseration sessions for the retiree who supposedly needs reassurance that despite the clock having ticked 60, they are still useful and can ‘retyre’ and do other amazing things for the remainder of their lives. The prospect of retirement has been known to cause serious mental health issues to some employees upon receipt of the dreaded letter from the employer bearing the unwelcome tidings.

With well over 6 years into the operation of the Data Protection Act, 2019, and with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) steadily asserting its enforcement mandate through a growing body of determinations, one message is becoming clear; organisations handling personal data must do more than adopt policies and issue assurances of compliance. They must demonstrate that their systems work in practice and that compliance is real, accessible, and effective from the perspective of the individual.