You’ll definitely find peace there.
First you won’t be intimidated by judges in hideous robes or attorneys clad in imported serious suits, ironed to the brim and their sharp edges hungry to devour one even before they get invited into the long, treacherous path to justice or injustice.
They themselves would probably be in similar dressing as yours. And as birds of the same feathers you’ll understand each other, engage in beneficial counsel; a thing far out of debate currently. If you try the very least of it, say miss a tie for members of the Bar, the judge will with utmost joy give you some terms inside for contempt of court.
That may not happen now. Thanks to the imminent revolution ignited by the recently sworn in Kenya’s Chief Justice Dr Willy Mutunga who, according to ongoing happenings, is ready to let his people enjoy the sweetness of adorning themselves with whatever comes to their minds. Yes, he says his people-the judges, magistrates and lawyers- are more than welcome into his school of thought, the school where there is no redline in anyone’s wardrobe, the school where none is restricted with the kind of clothes worn for duty.
It was going to happen one day. And it has taken a stud-wearer to set free the arm of government that has stuck to its traditions even when the rest of the sophisticated world was fast opening up to modernity and letting people enjoy all sorts of freedom.
The latest development will genuinely tweak the attire dynasty that has for long characterised the Judiciary and its affiliate offices. It may not be received with a smile by the conservative ageing members in this justice distribution bracket but it is bound to set a historical precedent that would go a long way to define the modern Judiciary.
Now Kenya should expect revolutionised justice corridors. Instead of those expensive briefcases, lawyers would now find cheap alternatives in back-bags or better still school bags. They would not be confined to tight ties, sharp suits, and pointed shoes but in the spirit of revolution-the-Kenyan-way, they would be in polo t-shirts, normal trousers and even sports shoes. Same with judges. They can now take off those dreary, fearful robes and wigs and get back to earth with something sober and simpler.
Such endeavours is no big deal in this generation which doesn’t care a bit for what other people-from the religious, cultural or even academic corridors-say about their clothes. So this group of Kenyans should not fear adopting such radical changes.
Moral Lesson: If judges and lawyers are normal beings, who are they not to wear what other people in this planet normally put on?
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