Published on
November 30, 2008 in
Diary.
My wife called me at around 6pm when I was at Dyeratu. She asked me to communicate the driver to take my brother’s wife showed signs of labour. I tried to communicate the driver to come home to lift her to hospital. She delivered a live he baby. Doctors recognized that the delivery happened but was not well matured. It was born with 7 months. Nurses cared the just born baby, but unfortunately it passed away. It was very sad.
All that glitters are not gold
My friend, driver was almost to cry when a woman he met on the way to Blantyre stole his mobile phone. It was revealed after informing his fellow workmate about what happened to him. He was advised to go to Blantyre to lift the Human Resource Manager for Kasinthula Cane Growers back to Chikwawa. On the way at Dyeratu trading he met the lady who was at the depot waiting for lifts. He took that woman on his Toyota Malawi Avanza vehicle. On the way while driving to Blantyre the driver asked that woman to fall in love with her. The woman admitted the love affair with him. They got Blantyre and asked her to back with her as soon after picking the HRM.
They descended together from Blantyre to Lower Shire. At Dyeratu depot he dropped her and provided her with Mk500 for drinks whilst waiting for him to park the vehicle. Before he was off, the woman asked while doubting if he was really going to get her there and wanted real confirmation. The driver assured her by providing her again with a very expensive mobile phone. After parking the vehicle my friend wanted to get the woman where he left her waiting for him, but unfortunately he did not find her there. When he asked other surrounding people he was told that the woman went away with that mobile phone for she boarded another vehicle heading to Blantyre. He tried to call her but she was not responding. After couple of hours he realized that the woman stole his phone. He then criticized himself that are not all women that are faithful.
A man with secret lover caught
It was around 9pm when people exposed to fresh air outside their respective houses because it was so hot when you got inside the house. There was an initiation ceremony to two girls to a cane farmer house. In our community girls are only advised through initiation ceremonies where they are asked to permanently understand their roles on family issues and for individual expectation issues. The wife to one of the Chinangwa resident farmer went with her fellow women as usual attending that ceremony.
When she arrived at the ceremony compound she realized that she locked one the room used by her children who were not around when she was leaving.
It was surprising that she saw her husband entering the neighbouring woman’s house. She did not understand that her husband would enter that unmarried woman’s house. She slowly moved towards the house and knocked. The unfaithful woman responded inside. “Who is it?” she asked. “I want the husband of mine you are with inside” the husband owner replied. That troublesome woman inside pretended to hide that man, but the owner of the husband threaten to enter or just burn the house. With force the man got off and escaped into the nearby bush. Due to the darkness the man was not seen properly. The woman called her brothers inlaw to witness that incident.
Most of the married people are committing adultery even though the HIV and AIDs is a hit in Malawi. The malpractice by married ones is always influencing the poverty in Malawi because innocent people are passing away leaving school going and care needy children starving. A lot of families are one parent headed ones following the death of the other due to HIV and AIDs pandemic.
Published on
November 29, 2008 in
Diary.
It was the last school weekend for the fellow students who were prepared to sit for exams. I did register to sit for these exams on March 2009 because I had no enough time to prepare these exams for I was concentrated only on Malawi School Certificate Examinations of Education, which we sat in mid October 2008. I agreed with the school administration to have sat for exams on March 2009. If could force myself to sit for these exams I feel I could obtain poor results due to proper preparation.
A farmer’s arm amputated
The farmer was cycling from Chikwawa boma where he went to visit his friend. He left at 6:25pm (sun set) time. Due to lack of light when he crossed the police station, he collided with a fellow cyclist. He fell down. The other cyclist assisted him by taking him to hospital where he was referred to Chikwawa hospital before rendered medicare.
Published on
November 28, 2008 in
Diary.
Following the Silver spoon visit, all premium committee members were in uniform. The visitors provided all present members with the co-operative skippers. It was very beautiful. Each and every member who came to the office was in those shirts of the same colour. When you look at the members gathering at one place one would think as if was the school uniform.
Bought a pair of clothes
Soon after knock off, I left for Dyeratu market to buy clothes. I bought a pair of trousers and one long sleeved shirt. I bought that trousers following my wife’s advice that I had only few trousers so there was in need of adding some more. When I showed her at home, she congratulated me for that.
Published on
November 27, 2008 in
Diary.
The Fairtrade Premium Committee members gathered at the office in the morning looking forward to welcoming the Kasinthula sugar buyers on fairtrade deal. The visitors arrived at around 9am. They were welcomed by general manager, Brian. The committee members and visitors gathered under the trees for fresh air. Visitors told members that they came to Kasinthula to witness themselves by visiting fairtrade funded projects. After discussions they left for Blantyre to welcome other visitors who also scheduled to visit Kasinthula. They turned up at Kasinthula at around 1pm. They visited projects and took photos.
Published on
November 26, 2008 in
Diary.
I left for the work hungry because the breakfast was not appetizing me. I worked up to lunch hour hungry. It was very painful cycling for home to take lunch because it was as if I was sick due to that hungry hit.
After taking lunch, I had a nap. “Hey! Wake up, its time to turn up for the work” my wife waken me. When I got of the house, I saw huge risen up dusty strong wind from the southern area of our village. I did not move waiting for that strong wind to calm. I later pretended to put on my sunglasses assuming that I would manage to cycle without eye disturbances. Soon after leaving my house’s veranda, I felt that it was hardly for me to cycle because I was heading to the direction where that wind was blowing from
Published on
November 25, 2008 in
Diary.
Around 4pm, before knocking off, I paid an excuse to my boss to leave for home because I had no means of transport going home. He admitted my request. Only 2km footing I saw man ahead cycling. When we were about to cross each other we both recognize that man recognized me. He stopped and smiled at me. I did not respond because I fully forgot him. He reminded me who he was and where we had once together. I hugged him after recalling myself that he was one the best friend at primary school in 1994 when we were putting on short trousers and short sleeved green cotton shirt.
“Where are leaving for?” I asked him. “I am going to work at Nchalo” the friend responded. “And where are you working?” he too asked me. I told him that I do work under Kasinthula Cane Growers as an irrigation supervisor but in some cases I do work at the office as an advisor to Fairtrade premium committee. He was wanted to know what fairtrade is. I explained briefly what fairtrade is and potential sustainable social economic premium funded development projects already implemented. He wished me good luck and I too wished him then we diverted.
Had supper at 7pm
My wife called and asked me to buy relish for home. She confirmed that there was no relish. Before paid an excuse to go home, I left for the nearby market to buy relish. I reached home at 6:10. she started preparing and we took supper at around 7pm. Buying relish is a problem in summer season because the other options lack due to the dryness that vegetables became so scarce in our local gardens. If you fail to buy relish it simply means no food taken
Published on
November 24, 2008 in
Diary.
After taking breakfast, I wanted to hire a bicycle to lift me to my work place. My bicycle was not in good condition. At lunch hour I boarded the manager’s vehicle that dropped me at Dyeratu trading where I took chips and a bottle of cocacola.
Spent hours out instead of going to bed
In the evening after supper my wife and her two young sisters who came for visit remained outside the house while I was inside studying. It was hot evening as if it was about to rain. Inside the house was too hot than outside. They went to bed at around 11pm. Lower Shire experiences hot weather than many other places in Malawi especially when it is toward the rainy season.
Published on
November 23, 2008 in
Diary.
As exams are just around we are directed to have classes even Sundays. I left early morning for the deport to board minibus. At Thabwa, about 6km from Dyeratu, I bought mangoes for my fellow collage mates who asked me on Saturday to buy for them because it was only Shire Valley that has plenty of mangoes at this season very reasonable prices. They congratulated me for those quality mangoes. Together with our lecturers we concentrated much on past paper discussions.
Publicly a man forced a girl to have sex
When I just arrived at Dyeratu deport at 3pm, from school (Blantyre) wondered many people gathered at a certain shop’s veranda. I asked one of the people who witnessed the scene. “Someone just came and said that he recognized the girl whom he suspected of taking his Mk500.00 for sex cost but he failed to meet his satisfaction for he was totally drunk. At this day hour once he has recognized her, he wanted take her to the rest house for the satisfaction. Many people were amazed following what that man was speaking without feeling shyness”. That man told me. I also wanted to know that girl’s response. The same man told me that she accepted that she won that Mk500.00 for the man failed himself.
My cousin’s husband fled with somebody’s wife
A certain man, a Chinangwa village citizen left home about 8 months ago without excusing where he left for. Many people had been complaining about his departure and it was hallucination. Few months later, it was heard that his wife who was left home with three children became unfaithful. She was used to take other men in her husband’s house. My cousin’s husband was one of the men who used to sleep at that woman’s house for sexual purposes. The rumor without evidence spread. When I was going to school my cousin’s husband was cycling heading to Dyeratu Trading centre. When I came back later in the evening I heard that the man (cousin’s husband) was leaving for good. “Mr Kafaukoma, have you heard that my sister inlaw whose husband left for unknown place has fled together with your cousin’s husband?” the brother inlaw to that unfaithful woman asked me. It is very sympathetic because the man left my cousin with two children and expectant. This is a shock to the entire family and at the community level.
A man stole his boss’s bicycle
A certain family employed a man to assist them with some farm activities. That man seemed to be faithful enough to the family. It was learnt that he given a 50kg of maize to have it milled. He left in the morning left the family waiting for the flour to cook nsima. The family wondered when it was about lunch hour without seeing him. At lunch hour they did not eat nsima being the staple food. Later on at around 4pm, that man was suspected of stealing that bicycle and 50kg of maize. Unfortunately, maize is highly costing in Malawi at about Mk3,600.00 a doubled price compared to last year. Many people especially in rural areas are starving of hunger.
Published on
November 22, 2008 in
Diary.
After taking breakfast, I left for Blantyre (school). I arrived at the school compound at 7:16am. There was no one arrived before me. I left my in our classroom for the nearest supermarket to buy that day’s news paper. I scanned that paper and came across about our collage’s advert to start offering degrees in Project Management and Community Development. I admired that program. Our sociology lecturer got in and reminded us about how to write a good research (dissertation). I enjoyed the way he was lecturing because I fully understood the steps to follow when writing research on ABMA examinations.
At lunch hour, my friend and I went to take chips as lunch. After taking chips, we bought two fanta bottles. We turned up for afternoon classes at 2pm.
Published on
November 21, 2008 in
Diary.
It was sunny and hot morning. I left at around 6:50 for the office. My bicycle broke down as soon as I left home. I went back at left it. I looked for a cyclist to take to the office and paid him Mk80.00. My young brother maintained it. When I came home for lunch I used it back to the work.
Washed clothes
Most of the men feel that washing clothes is the women’s role. However, through gender equality awareness and other related programs by government and various Non governmental Organizations have improved the misperception. When I got home from the work, my wife told me that she failed to wash some clothes because she was tired of making ridges. “Don’t worry, I am going to wash only two pairs of trousers and three shirts” I told her.
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