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Prisoner visit \/ DAVID MUCHAI<\/p>\nPrisoner visit \/ DAVID MUCHAI<\/p>\n
Happy New Year, everyone.
\nUnfortunately, it\u2019s not such a happy new year for the Makini nuclear family of
\ntwo. My wife is still in Shimo la Tewa prison for no fault of her own. I\u2019m deeply
\nsad and almost lost for words.<\/p>\n
Sgt Sophia ended up in prison because \u2014 in a
\ntwist of fortune, it might seem \u2014 some bad cops she testified against conspired
\nto put her there instead of killing her.<\/p>\n
Like so many other things in life, this
\nparticular action makes no sense. I mean, why does a donkey poop inedible
\nsausages, right? Or why do men have nipples? Two of them, in fact. And why
\nwould a group of men mired in Appeals Court for a murder case choose to hide
\nthe star witness in a jail where she can still testify against them?<\/p>\n
I get a partial answer to this from Sophia
\nherself on New Year\u2019s Day when they allow me to visit her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe they want me to recant my
\ntestimony,\u201d she says. She looks so frail and not at all like the forceful woman
\nI married and worked with for so many years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what that means,\u201d I say.<\/p>\n
\u201cTestimony? Oh, my dear slow husband.
\nTestimony is the stuff I said in court as a witness to the\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot that. The other one. Why would you need
\nto recount testimony?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s recant, honey. It means to say
\nI lied.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that would get you in hot water, no?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPerjury. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
More stuff I don\u2019t understand. \u201cPer jury?
\nWhat jury?\u201d<\/p>\n
She laughs good-naturedly. \u201cYou have no idea
\nhow I\u2019ve missed your simple mind. How are things back at home?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t there for long after leaving
\nMombasa, but Jiji Ndogo is mostly the same as you left it. But Nyaguthii had a
\nmini stroke or something.\u201d<\/p>\n
She puts a hand to her mouth. \u201cOur resident
\nchief gossip? How will we be getting our hot burning news?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, nothing can stop Nyaguthii. Not even a
\nmedical emergency. She\u2019s still touring homes and talking through one side of
\nher mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure she had a stroke or did one
\nside of her mouth just get tired and quit working all together?\u201d<\/p>\n
We both laugh at this. It\u2019s not the same as always,
\nbut it helps create a little cheer.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood news,\u201d I say. \u201cWe found the judge who
\nsigned the bogus papers to get you in here. Hopefully, you\u2019ll soon be out of
\nmisery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sophia then leans close enough to whisper: \u201cActually,
\nI\u2019m coping well. I even have a girlfriend now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I recoil. \u201cDoes she know we\u2019re
\nmarried?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe doesn\u2019t care. Besides, we\u2019re only
\nmarried under common law and it\u2019s not as if you can protect me from all the
\nother sisters in here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJesus Christ! Girlfriend? Sisters? Have you
\nbecome a regular mfungwa now? Why would they bother you, anyway. Don\u2019t
\nthey know you\u2019re a cop?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShhhh!\u201d She puts a finger to her lips and
\nlooks around the visitors\u2019 room as if afraid someone might overhear us. \u201cNo one
\ncan know I\u2019m a\u2026 you know what. They aren\u2019t very popular in here, for obvious
\nreasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what do they think brought you here?\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, she looks around but this time she
\nraises her voice a tad. \u201cOf course, you know why I\u2019m here. You can call me Mapangalee
\nafter what I did to those three bastards now in Lang\u2019ata Cemetery. But they deserved it, every single one of
\nthem. No one messes with Queen Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what to make of my wife\u2019s
\ntransformation, but if it\u2019s keeping her safe, all power to her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prisoner visit \/ DAVID MUCHAI Happy New Year, everyone.
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