Status: 3Rd Edition

By Charles Joseph Mloka

Status is a third revised edition of poems composed from 2008 to 2019.They cover various areas of life, including law, politics, love, and social issues. The book provides, among others, very useful information about some basic principles and concepts of law in simple language. It also shares experiences on contemporary issues in the world and in African society generally. It poses critical questions on politics, rules of law, democracy, the role of academician in any given society, and other important issues of the day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Apr 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728387178

Charles Joseph Mloka

Charles Joseph Mloka was born in Arusha, Tanzania, in 1957.He holds a certificate in law, a diploma in law, and bachelor and master of law degrees from the University of Dar es Salaam. He served the government of Tanzania in various capacities until his retirement in 2017 from the Office of the National Assembly. Mloka is a poet and novelist who has published several books in Kiswahili and English. His first poetry anthology was Diwani ya Mloka, followed by Elimu Jamii na Chemsha Bongo,The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems, Lugha na Athari Zetu, and The Parliamentary Privilege in Tanzania: Law and Practice. He is currently a freelance translator and editor.

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Published by AuthorHouse   04/09/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8718-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8717-8 (e)

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Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Law and Politics

Ignorance of Law

No Law, No Offence

Audi Alteram Partem Rule

Nemo Judex inCausa Sua

Mistake of Fact

Motive

Separation of Powers

The Parliamentary Privilege

The Freedom of the Press

WhatIsPolitics?

If the System Is Corrupt

Love Affairs

My Sweetheart Amina

Long Live Our Love

How Are You?

Happy Birthday to You

Social Issues

When an Elder Stumbles

The Role of an Academician

The Pride of Tanzania

My Brother

The Wolves Are in Our Bedroom

Is Not

Status

A Scar Is Irreparable

Sucking Honey

Tripping at a Stump

Life Struggles

A Big Body Is Fatless

Good Here! Bad There!

A Bunch of Bananas

The Croissant Face

Eyes Do Not See Its Head

Too Much Adornment, Too Much Dirtiness

Who Shits at an Escarpment?

A Gazelle Is Not Hunted by Laughter

So What?

Glossary

Introduction

This book is an outcome of my efforts to revise in the appropriate time the first and second editions published by Nyambari Nyangwine Publishers in 2008 and 2010, respectively, and engage a professional editor to improve it and ultimately promote into international markets. The book comprises short poems moulded artistically in a simple language focusing on common issues existing in many African societies and the world generally.

More significantly, it shares with the leaders a little knowledge about some basic principles and concepts of the law written in poems using a simplified language. It is advisable that those who develop an