Scribe Kenyan

Many a time, when people (including lawyers) talk about the best interests of a child, they mainly focus on family or criminal matters. However, very little attention is given to issues regarding commercial transactions that minors engage in. In fact, it is said that “the law of ‘minors’, or ‘infants’ contracts is very complicated.” [1] The root of this complication is the fact that the law desires to protect minors on one hand whileas it still wishes to safeguard the interests of traders on the other. [2] This begs the question, where does the balance lie? More complications can be speculated due to the great technological advancements in the trading sector whereby almost anyone can purchase anything online with great ease. [3] Therefore, this imperatively demands scrutiny be done on the laws relating to the formation of contracts with minors. At common law, a minor or infant can simply be defined as a person who has not reached the age of majority, i.e., one who is not an adult. [...

 Thursday evening, just before sunset. Vicky sat on a cliff watching the reluctant sunset. Above her; an azure sky extended to kiss the orange-tinged top of a hill standing on the far western horizon. Beside her (on the ground), a smartphone that played her favou rite music playlist even though whatever was once upon a time sweet symphony in the music had turned into an annoying cacophony that was unbearable to her ears. In spite of that, she was hesitant to stop the music. She urged herself to end the music but her hand mysteriously failed to move. Yes, mysteriously. Her eyes were fixed on the river flowing and bellowing below her. Watching the flowing river for a long time had hypnotized her. Tears were slowly welling up in her eyes and spontaneously breaking off into large drops which moistened her eyelashes before launching themselves into the river, becoming homogenous with its water and flowing far away; away from her into the massive lake in the south. That was her happiness...