by Caxstone Kigata and Joseph Muhuni | Apr 6, 2020 | Legal update
“The question of the right to privacy must be one of the defining issues of our time” (Salil Shetty) As nations race against time to find a cure or at least contain the spread of Covid -19 questions are now arising to what extent should the right to privacy more so on...
by Caxstone Kigata, Andrew Kabugu and Wamuyu Mathenge | Mar 31, 2020 | Legal update
Introduction “Employment relationships are not commercial contracts, and the Court must strive to achieve the delicate balance between the need for our national economic development, and the protection of the dignity and economic well-being of an individual employee.”...
by Caxstone Kigata and Wamuyu Mathenge | Feb 3, 2020 | Legal update
Copyright is a property right in an original work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression. It gives the holder the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, and display the work. In other words, copyright is “a monopoly of limited...
by Caxstone Kigata and Shalma Maina | Jan 27, 2020 | Legal update
Ruth Benedict, in the book Patterns of Culture (1934) said: “The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born...
by Caxstone Kigata and Wamuyu Mathenge | Dec 10, 2019 | Legal update
Introduction The long wait for the Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services (hereinafter referred to as “the Director”) established under the Work Injuries Benefits Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as “WIBA”) to hear work injury related claims is now...
