Corruption starts a long chain of wrongful benefits that, when abandoned, can save millions in valued time and resources. Many Kenyans know that a visit to the county or social services office demands patience, and to beat the long lines, many wake up before sunlight only to wait for a government official that will show up 4 hours past opening hours. Data from Transparency International indicates that at least a quarter of African’s youngest and poorest citizens must pay bribes every day to survive.
Katiba At 10: Youth
Before the coming into force of the 2010 Constitution, the youth were a highly neglected part of the Kenyan society in terms of the laws put in place to ensure their protection and representation. For instance, the most notorious clause in this law was the anti-discrimination clause, Section 82, which excluded age as a ground for discrimination. In this law, age was only mentioned as a cap for retiring from and qualifying for certain positions or as a justification for the limitation of certain rights.
It All Boils Down To You. Does It Deserve Your Attention?
Covid-19 has many un-answered questions which make the perfect loophole for a person seeking to spread wrong information on the internet. The irony of the internet is that information and disinformation sources act like winy babies fighting for a parent’s attention. You and I being the parent in case that wasn’t in the open. It is exhausting to think that for every truthful piece of information disseminated, there are dozens of wrong information circulating in the same manner. That leaves us with the burden to determine which sources are worthy of our attention.