Your say: Intrigues at the Supreme Court

I have been wondering why only 30 per cent of Kenyan law students pass exams in local universities. Apart from the alleged manipulation of results to create extra income for local exam bodies, the Supreme Court case hearing revealed certain attributes or qualities that our students may be lacking in their quest to join the bar. As demonstrated by senior counsels, the job requires one to master spoken English and be able to use dramatic words and phrases such as 'smoking gun' and 'science fiction' and 'theorem'. They must be born 'actors' who can use hands, eyes, and even mouths to express 'shock and awe' to prove their opponents wrong. Finally, they must have 'tricks' up their sleeve to sneak in new evidence and deftly drop it in the laps of the respondents without raising suspicion from judges! Joe Musyoki, Kitengela.

The manner in which the NASA principals and their security detail engaged in confrontation with police officers guarding the Supreme Court was unfortunate and uncalled for. Was it necessary for the NASA top leadership to be present throughout the hearing? What value did they add to the case that was being handled by their lawyers? The leaders should have left their lawyers to deal with the case and kept themselves busy elsewhere instead of causing unnecessary tension and anxiety in the corridors of justice. The leaders did not need their personal security officers who were armed inside the Supreme Court because the area was already secured. What was so special about Moses Wetang'ula's bodyguard to demand entry yet other senators were there and had no armed security officers with them? The Opposition failed to organize themselves well during the campaigns and should blame themselves for the election outcome. Joel Onyango, Kericho.