POLITICS

He was on his mobile again....he's been trying to sell his property and coming up against one problem after another.  He had a buyer and was in the process of getting the paper work under way when things were held up because the prospective buyer's father was ill and taken into hospital.  "If this deal goes through", he said, "I'll never have to work again".  "It must be like waiting for the Monsoon", I remarked.  But a week later, he was looking glum, the father had died and now because of the ritual period of mourning, no further business could be done.

So now, a few weeks later, why was he still looking worried? "How are things going", I asked..."He's now been arrested - he's in prison" he said dramatically !  "Holy smoke - why ?"  I asked...."Well he allegedly ordered the slaying of someone who had been caught with illegal firearms, swift justice rather than taking it through the courts, it's quicker just to get rid of the culprit....the courts are overburdened with cases which will take years to clear,  but now he has been charged with this and put in prison himself !"  Bang goes that property deal !