The law doesn�t apply to non-politicians
Thursday, April 10, 2014
He argues that he almost gave up on ploughing this year after learning from his neighbour’s television news that there was going to be below-normal rain. It was in the first week of November, he claims, when the television warned that there were not going to be enough rains. He still holds a grudge against his neighbour. He accuses the neighbour of trying to discourage him by using a lying TV set on him.
Uncle Sporo offered me maize cobs and watermelons for my trip back to the city. He also uttered a few words that still haunt me – “remember that I must get that diff before Shonkololo sells it to another customer”.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...