Goods Once Sold Are Not Returnable. Says Who?
The Law You Live, Part One By Tim Munyi Mugo, Advocate It is a Saturday afternoon on Luthuli Avenue. A young man has just bought a phone. The seller demonstrated it beautifully. Screen bright, speakers loud, camera sharp enough to count the pores on your face. Money changed hands, the phone was wrapped with the speed of a relay baton exchange, and everyone smiled. By Sunday morning the phone will not charge. By Sunday afternoon it will not switch on. On Monday our friend returns to Luthuli, where the seller listens with genuine sorrow, then points at a small sign hanging behind the counter and hidden in receipts, the same sign that hangs in shops from Kongowea to Kamukunji, usually printed in a font that has seen things. Goods once sold are not returnable. Most buyers walk away at this point, defeated by the authority of receipt, or laminated paper. What almost nobody on that street knows is that a law older than the ta...
