fate? best believe it

it feels really nice interjecting between Deno's blogs, in the silent hope that he got some good sleep in teh gap between. But really, am i the only one who wonders why Deno has these insomnia bouts? my bad... i've always thought the reason why i knock out whenever the clock hits 11pm is because i've slaved my body exhausted the whole day for mine and my employers sake. Denis? Soma kwa bidii!!!!

Anyway, its a saturday afternoon and i thought i'd stop by and see what's on all your minds (those who regularly blog their minds away). My saturdays this semester are usually spent in class studying international economic law (which explains my fascination with protectionism, lome convention and all this economics which the developing world just spectates!!!) and after the 3 hr lecture that ends at 3pm, i head towards Langata Womens Prison and thats where today i kubalid that some things occur just by ill fate.

I've visited Langata Womens three times (how do you spell thrice? this doesnt feel correct!) for a unit that i undertake at campus called Public Interst Clinic, being my service to the community, and every time i visit the place i get so drained because of the sad circumstances in which the chiles we attend to found themselves charges with hideous crimes.

Last week we interviewed and gave legal advise to this lady who unfortunately found herself charged (among other people) for the murder of five teenage boys who were burnt to death...typical mob justice. This mother heard her kids scream and she ran to the scene of the lynching, whereafter some guys spotted her and the following day cops picked her up and she was charged. The incident took place in the year 2000 and the chile has been in remand ever since! The hearing of her case was completed but as fate would have it, the Judge handling her case was among those fired for being corrupt and her case had to start all over again 1.5 years ago. So five years down the line, the woman is still waiting for the case to be heard.

Now this week, another sad tale... the chile we interviewed lived in a property in the sq and her sister had an affair with the owner of the main house. So one day the owner of the main house, prob in the middle of the blossoming affair, gave the lover his wife's clothes. As fate would have it, yet again, the main house was robbed shortly thereafter when the house owner was away, and upon his hearing of it.. he decides that the family living in the sq are the ones who stole the guys TV and Radio. So now, these chiles have found themselves in the middle of a judiciary that only appreciates time, when the paycheck is being collected... adn there's really nothing they can do to help themselves out; at least not until they can afford legal representation.

More tales could be churned of the way fate can hit you really hard where it hurts... but i'l spare u the story. But in the meanwhile, just be glad that you know a lawyer :) and try as much as possible to stay out of crimes way... because u could be the innocent victim that the cops pin down jus for teh heck of it.

Fate ... may i not suffer its wrath until next saturday when i meet more victims!