Ahmednasir: Kenyan Lawyers are half baked.

Adapted from Saturday Nation: 
Combative lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi once declared that Kenyan judges don’t read. Now he believes things have changed, though he thinks the problem has now shifted from the bench to the bar.

The father of five and an avid reader thinks President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto must read three important books. He also suggests a book for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Q: You have suggested before that Kenyan judges don’t read. Do you still hold the view?
A: Previously, judges were pedestrian, barely literate. A nondescript lawyer could contest elections on a Kanu ticket and lose, and then he is appointed High Court judge.

That is how Kanu branch chairmen found their way into the High Court. But now things have changed

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Twelve Rules for New Graduates.

What advice would you give new college graduates about launching themselves into the workforce? Here are 12 tips for new graduates that are just leaving colleges and universities.

1. What you learned in college is a foundation for future learning, nothing more. As William Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest, "What's past is prologue." This is not to minimize your accomplishments or to downplay the importance of graduating from college. Just take care not to view your degree as a destination. What you learned is important. What you learned about how to learn is essential; it's the foundation for your life-long success.

2. Be someone that your colleagues want to work with. No one wants to work with someone who is unpleasant or unreliable or self-serving. "Attitude," said Winston Churchill, "is a little thing that makes a big

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