Writing historical fiction after a lifetime writing about the law
Some days I feel like a traitor. After decades of writing about law and legal developments with an almost obsessive determination to find and stick to verifiable facts, I’ve started to write fiction. Historical fiction. The book of short stories I’m working on is...
Top judges back Uganda’s outdated divorce laws
Uganda’s constitutional court has decided that the country’s divorce laws, requiring strict proof of dastardly sexual behaviour by one of the parties before a judicial divorce will be granted, are quite compatible with the constitution. And, moreover, that the...
Children’s song helps convict rapist father
A popular action song, widely taught to children in Kenya and elsewhere to help protect them from sexual predation, has played a key role in detecting the rape of a four-year-old by her own father and in the father’s subsequent conviction and sentence. Giving her...