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Children believe that they always enjoy various foods on Christmas Festival. Goats, pigs and chicken were everywhere slaughtered. Wife Bertha prepared breakfast that we enjoyed. Alfred and I preferred thobwa than tea.

Others were at their churches praising the name of Jesus. Some people were taking beer. With hangovers Felix was almost to die of hungry. Felix took beer since 23^rd December without taking food (nsima).

More people specifically women and children were flocking here and there in new clothes only celebrating Christmas Festival. Children demanded lots money from parents respectively. There were various local dances performed.

Death cases by kachaso influence are common in Malawi. Kachaso is liquid locally brewed beer. It has no recommended measured alcohol percentage. Government did try one time to advise the kachaso brewers to cook food (nsima) before selling kachaso.

It was observed that kachaso has high volume of alcoholic percentage. A person has to take hard stuff before taking it. The woman started taking kachaso early morning when her fellow women were out for various businesses. At 2pm, she slept. Others thought that she was totally drunk and failed to walk. It was realised when the brewer wanted to provide her with nsima that she did not respond. Someone noticed that she fainted.

The great day for farmers to express their views was December 21^st, the day they prepared to resolve and approve various issues presented. Trucks started transporting farmers from various surrounding villages.

The meeting started at 10am. All board members and ex-officials were present including Paramount Chief Lundu of Chikwawa. Kasinthula management presented the 2010-2011 company budget and farmers approved it.

I presented the Fairtrade Premium 2010-2011 budget, workplan, annual premium income and expenditure. Farmers agreed with the presented report and finally approved the proposed 2010-2011 budget and workplan.

I was going to Blantyre to meet Martin who is supporting the proposed piggery project whose targeted beneficiaries are Chinangwa based women. On the way I took a Shire Valley shot with my digital canon camera. The Valleys view is beautiful with low lying land with its Shire River, the Lisuli lagoon as well the stretch of the forest and the Kasinthula cane field apart. I admired the view regardless of exhausted hot conditions we experience.

Following the village headman Chinangwa, the relatives to Chinangwa village headman called the prophet whom they heard a rumour that he was able to prophesise the root cause of the problem. He started working at 6pm. He started prayers with the audiences. He started expressing that he was able to see people who were bewitching the village headman Chinangwa.

Some people forced him to let them see those suspected witchcrafts but they failed. He told them that they can’t see them because they do not have the Holy Spirit that could enable them to see clearly. He was later directed to stop his prophesies. He left for another family where he was hired to heal their 18 year old son. After prayers he concluded that the boy was healed and demanded Mk1,500.00 for the service. The boy said that he had no money. “If don’t have money then you are not healed and you die” the prophet said to the young boy.

The boy’s parents were so furious. There was then a battle between the prophet and the boy’s parents. The prophet bulled by the boy’s father. It was something most people were not expecting. Others said that he was not a prophet by Holy Spirit because he was demanding money after prayer that was why he was suspected of being the thief.