Saturday, 19 December 2015

the lawyer, the teacher and my neighbour

And behold, a lawyer stood up and put him to the test saying, "teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
The teacher replied, "what is written in the law? How do you read?"
" You shall love the lord your God with all your heart, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself", the lawyer replied.
Then the teacher said, "you have answered right; do this and you will live".
But the lawyer trying to justify himself asked again, "and who is my neighbour?"
This question reveals the most important ideal in society and the laws that govern it. Humans tend to feel a responsibility towards people with whom they share a connection which creates a sense of security and order in society.
In legal terms of Negligence the above dialogue provides a solution to issues of duty of care and who has the blame for an act or omission. However the most important thing is to identify the relevance of Christian ideas in solving problems that our positivist world has created.

Monday, 14 December 2015

Everyone is rushing for agriculture in Uganda

Can history help out the development in struggling economies?. As the west reaped from agriculture, advancement in technology brought in yet a new challenge urbanisation and mechanisation. Farming, an activity that was sustainable at an individual and family level could no longer be so because machinery to maintain farming was getting expensive for individuals. Suddenly people had land they couldn't utilise which they gradually sold to move to urban areas. This early trend of capitalism seems to be replicating itself here in Uganda. People are rushing to get the free incomes of agriculture but we need to remember not to be cornered by factors that have already been identified.
Our developing economies need to see to the further future for us to gain and save unnecessary resources.