Forget the Certificates, Let’s Face the Job

I am endlessly enthralled by a recent viral social media story. A bright young man in Kenya became enamoured of the legal profession by being in the vicinity of a law office and attending courts regularly to observe the ways of lawyers and judges. So, he assumed himself a lawyer and went on to attract and defend clients in court. He won a total of 26 cases before his ruse was unfolded by the government. The government prosecuted him for impersonation and false presentation. He defeated the government in court as well. I would not know what became of him afterwards. But this real life story literally shreds our worship of paper qualifications…