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Social Media: The Modern Prosecutor As I entered the courtroom that was now fully packed, I sat pensively at the only remaining seat, careful not to cause a disruption and just at vantage point, where I could not miss to catch a glimpse of the meticulously dressed lawyers from the defense side and the prosecution team, as they firmly but respectfully made their submissions. It was my first time in court, a young boy in primary school with great dreams, here to satisfy my curiosity and get a feeling of how my future life would look like, my childhood dream had been to practice law and become the greatest barrister ever, the one and only one the world would have ( Never mind, several years later, that never happened and I am currently in a totally different field). Back to the courtroom, and my attention now drawn to the prosecution team led by middle aged man who spoke slowly, but with lots of authority and each time he spoke, he kept on referring to the words " My Lord, m...

A Modern youth will do anything to own any of this. If you are a keen follower/reader of articles in this blog, you will remember two articles titled The Social Media Lifestyle Lie, that We Live in and   Betting, the Cancerous Dream-Idea Destroyer in Kenya. Latest trends define  the youth A  scroll down the articles, should give you a view on how, the two emerging trends (Social media and Betting/gambling) have had so much influence and impact on the modern youth, for the simple reason of fame (read social media) and false hope of quick riches  (read betting and gambling).  The two trends have had such a great impact on the modern youth, to an extent of breeding laziness amidst a false sense of greatness. A quick scroll down the social media platform of a modern youth, you will marvel and get surprised at the opulence and the high end rich lifestyle the youth portray. It's a competition of some sort among-st the youths on the sites, a competiti...

Place a bet? Is it worth? Who doesn't want to drive posh cars, live in the leafy suburbs of the city? forget about rent and become a landlord? Who doesn't want a bank account with a six figure numerical? Hey, we all dream to have and enjoy the goodness of life, stress free life, no major hustles, just some good life! Kenya has in the past 1-2 years miraculously brought this dream into a reality to our living room and pockets. Yes, from the television in our living and the phones in our pockets, Just invest as little as 50/= Kenyan shillings for a chance to win millions. Again 50/= is a negligible amount for one to sacrifice and win millions, its worth the sacrifice and we have few cases to attest to this. The betting craze has hit the country with a bang! and every entrepreneur and multinational betting companies are setting up betting centers in the country. The most popular being Sportpesa that first captured the Kenyan market with a storm and has grown to become ...

Social Apps Whenever I chat with my close friends, I don't miss anything to discuss (How could I? with the invention of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram aka IG, selfie sticks, Snapchat etc?) with all this inventions, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg for Facebook, special thanks to Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams Biz Stone and Noah Glass for Twitter, Brian Acton and Jan Koum for WhatsApp (You guys are genius), Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger for Instagram, Evan Spiegel Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown for Snapchat and yes Wayne Fromm the father of modern selfie stick. The group of genius inventors above, have made it practically possible for me to initiate talks and discussions. This is great and marvelous, yes, this is what we call social media. It is one of the greatest channels of self expression, exaltation and yes self lie. On social media, it's My space My Rules, if you can't play by them, you are free to quit or be forced out by receiving a block! Meaning, never again sh...