@Much Know
in the same way you did !

Now you want 'Locust standi' the standing locust to explain what?

· abuse of litigation in various ways,including using dilatory tactics and false evidence and making frivolous arguments to the courts;
· preparation of false documentation,such as false deeds,contracts,or wills;

· deceiving clients and other persons and misappropriating property;

· procrastination in dealings with clients; and

· charging excessive fees.


Ninajua Yote!

Good gentlemen,this did not have to go the way it is going.
Though both of you are right. While you will get some lawyers who are crafty in town,you will also get very honest,competent,honorable learned men and women. My understanding of asking for a good affordable lawyer is that you will find some top-notch lawyers who have made their names in the country and you can not compare them with someone who is either just starting or in the middle level of their profession. I can quote firms in each category but that would be un-ethical especially for those i percieve to be on the lower/entry/learning end(and dont take it the wrong way - am not saying they are incompetent).

For example in course of my job i require to have some documents Notarised or commissioned. if i take the document to some of the most established lawyers who are in our panel,they either charge me 2500/- or nothing at all for it(just to keep the customer). If i send it to a middle level kind of a law firm they charge me something between 1000 - 1,500 - they wont fail to charge. If i send to one of the 'young'/establishing/or old but they just do not use PR to their favour law-firms - who are not yet 'established',they charge me 500 - they too wont fail to charge and will even negotiate upwards(and am not talking of quarks(sp) or court clerks). So i believe this is what the person who was looking for an 'affordable' lawyer had in mind when asking. he was looking for the 500/- range but someone who knows his job and will do it competentely. Remember even the 2,500 range did not start there,they started low,gave excellent services,made their name to get where they are.

So good people,lets stop throwing stones at each other and give @Blackberry some useful information.

Some deals are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.

@wendz
voice of reason and temperance

@ kybes

hope being a middlemen you don't intend to push the cost up...

you've heard me..

am in desperate need of an....

'affordable clown'...

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

when i get in touch...

will forward your sentiments.......

are you in the clowning business as well.....???

why talk to him...

while you are still breathing.....

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

thought someone's week end had started......

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

so you have had the benefit...

of his services.....???

i take it......

otherwise you wont be writing about.....

what you don't know......

right......???

ama this is Kenya.....

anything goes.....???

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

Came to kenya a few years ago from UK an needed to have some kind'a document from a lawyer indicating that i've never been married before. I think its called an affidavit i'm not sure. All i could do is ask a someone and he checked around within minutes he called me back saying its going to cost 10,000ksh. Well it worked to be arround 90pounds,didnt mind i did pay and i got the same afternoon all he needed was a copy of my passport. I wasnt bothered but when i told my dad about it,he told me he thought everyone should be a lawyer,in other words i was swindled in broad daylight. I cared less cause i got what i wanted. But again i just learnt some lawyers are charge way too much and someone did tell me that chances are the guy that i did ask in the first place did get a cut of it,that is what pissed me off completely. Cause after i gave him the cash for the lawyer when he brought me the document,i gave him another 4000 just to say thanks. Some people are out there to take advantage of people who know nothing about stuff cause i never knew of such thing as affidavit until i wanted to get married thats when i heard of it. Thats gone now

Jay