Of insults disguised as humour

A middle aged man came within inches of crashing his car into mine the other day while simultaneously trying to park with one hand and yammer into the cell phone he was holding in his other hand.

At first I wasn’t that alarmed, after all this was at noon in the middle of a shopping complex parking lot and visibility was quite good. Until someone convinces me otherwise, I am still not buying the story that some drivers deliberately cause accidents.

Panel beating doesn’t come cheap and half of the cars on our roads are not insured, well at proper insurance companies and not these other spiritual and/or traditional ones.

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Don't let FMD outbreak drag on

Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...

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