Published on
November 20, 2008 in
Diary.
When I was leaving for the work, my wife, Bertha asked me the type of relish to buy for the meal. I told her to any type of relish that she could prefer. She went to Dyeratu market to buy dry fish which we enjoyed at lunch as well supper.
My wife made ridges
I knocked off at 12noon through excuse I paid to my boss. After taking lunch Bertha told me that sshe was going to make ridges at the garden. She left at around 3:40pm when the temperature was falling. She left me alone at home just studying.
Published on
November 19, 2008 in
Diary.
I was just waking up. I started cleaning the home compound. I saw 3 tonne truck off loading a live cow. When I was taking bath I heard that that cow was slaughtered to access Chinanagwa people with beef. Before skinning finished many people gathered under that tree. Inatherammanja, in local language (thus struggling for it). When I was taking breakfast (rice porridge) my wife told me that the beef was finished. She explained that the access of borrowing influenced many people to struggle for it.
Published on
November 18, 2008 in
Diary.
I took breakfast and thereafter left for the work. When I arrived at the work, I was only concentrating on reviewing the Fairtrade premium budget. I observed that some differences or balances should be well indicated in other projects to be spent. I allocated some balances in corresponding with the planned developmental projects.
The young boy almost to die of an oxcart
In Malawi especially the Shire Valley most of the farmers have oxcarts. Most of these oxcarts are driven by young boys in most cases. At around 6:45am, four young boys boarded an oxcart. It was so terrible when one of them fell and stuck in between the tire and the body. His friends were just laughing as if it was funny while his was crying firmly holding the upper body of the oxcart. Thereafter he collapsed and stepped on by the tire. Unfortunately his parents were at their farm. No any elder person around that incident. My wife found him crying with deep cuts and blood was flowing. She took him home and took rendered first aid treatment.
Published on
November 17, 2008 in
Diary.
My wife, Bertha left for the market early morning while I was still asleep. I did not wake up on time because I went to bed at 1am for I was studying. I woke up at around 7am. I switched off my radio to get the time, but I realized that it was already too late for me to go for the work. “Are you today absent?” Bertha asked me. “Had it been that you were here I could not be absent myself from the work” I replied. “Have you already taken breakfast?” “No, I understood that I could not manage to prepare delicious food as you do for me” I told her while reading that day’s news paper.
Published on
November 16, 2008 in
Diary.
As we were advised by our Project Management lecturer that he was able to deal with us on that day, we were back at school. I left early around 5am in order to arrive in time. Arrived earlier before any of my fellow students’ arrival. After dealing with Project Management lecturer, the Research lecturer highlighted us on how to collect good information about the research. We knocked off at 1pm.
Watched football match
I was arriving home Dyeratu deport at 2:25pm. I proceeded to Chikwawa Community ground to watch football match between Chikwawa Medical and Nchalo United. It was nice match to watch. The neighboring team (Mitole) to Chikwawa Medical amazingly was supporting the coming team (Nchalo United). Nchalo won by three goals to two. Medical was good at attacking but was only lacking brilliant strikers to finish.
Published on
November 15, 2008 in
Diary.
It was hot and cloudy morning as if it was about to rain. After taking breakfast, I left for Dyeratu to board Blantyre minibuses. I was boarding at 7am. When we were ascending the Shire Highlands, we found a certain truck that broke down and almost closed the road. That truck made long vehicles failed to pass. After spending over twenty minutes, the driver managed to pass. That congestion made me to arrival Blantyre late at 8:50 while my fellow collage mates were already in class learning Project Management which is one of my preferred subjects on Rural Community Development Diploma 2.
Published on
November 14, 2008 in
Diary.
After taking breakfast, I took bath and left for the work. At the work, I asked the premium secretary to be conversant with Fairtrade standards so that we should withstand during inspection (auditing) about how the premium money had been utilized. I also advised him to know how to practice quality book keeping as I was taught by Marc Monsorrat who sometime back worked for Twin Trading. When I knocked off and arrived home at around 5:40pm, my wife notified me of her young sister and cousins’ arrival at home. “Sharon and Tisunge are coming soon just because they have called me just five minutes ago”. My wife said. I temporarily left home for Alfred’s home where my wife phoned me about those girls arrival. Before leaving for home I bought three coca cola bottles for the visitors as well as one for my wife.
Published on
November 13, 2008 in
Diary.
When I knocked off from the work, I proceeded to cheer my friend Humphrey Nyapigoti who had been sick since early October. Humphrey is one of the cane farmers at Kasinthula Cane Growers. I spent almost two charting with him. He assured me that he was recovering. When I was leaving back for home, I wished him quick recovery.
Published on
November 12, 2008 in
Diary.
When I was knocking of the day before, I took some Fairtrade documents to reconcile at home because some committee members proposed to conduct a meeting inside that office. After breakfast, I took bath and started working. At around 8am, Kasinthula Cane Growers’ General Manager, Bryan Namata called me to find out if I was possessing a certain document. “Let me check if I have it, if found I will let you know”. I replied.
A maize provision request
A man who assists me doing farm activities got me home when he knocked off. He complained of the run short of maize at his home. “I wanted to ask you that if you can assist me with only five kg of maize because children and are starving”. Said Kaphiri. I called my wife to measure and provide him. White maize is only the staple food without it there is no life. Many people cultivate maize in Shire Valley but the area experiences drought in many growing seasons. The irrigation dependent can only reduce this problem.
My cousin’s visit
At around 3:35pm, I left for Jakobo village to look for hoe handles (mipini). I bought six of them. My wife had forcing me to some hoes because we are towards rainy season. I was going back home at around 5pm. Jakobo village is about 8km from home. I cycled as fast as I could because I feared dark as the place is always famous of hyenas. When I got home, my cousin got me just before taking supper. He was leaving at 10pm. He was telling me the challenges he met when he was arrested and imprisoned for ten years. “My cousin when I was released in 1994, I did not recognize many people because it as if I was dead. Being kept at intensive like prison is almost the hell even though I don’t really know but I do appreciate”. He started telling me what he saw when he was imprisoned just because we were listening to the radio news from which we learn that a man was arrested for defiling four girls.
Those four girls fetched firewood at a certain prohibited forest. When the man me them, he forced them to pay Mk20 each, but they had no any coin to give that man. Instead he forced them to follow him at his house where he arrested them. He then forced one by one doing sex. He did that immorality with all four of them. He then released them. When they got home, they explained that misfortune to their parents respectively. Their parents reported the matter to police which arrested him. The man is in custody to appear in court to answer charges. Rape cases have been increasing even though the Malawi government is giving tough sentences to the victims to reduce these cases.
Published on
November 11, 2008 in
Diary.
I was about to wake up to clean the home compound. Still on I heard people as if they were rushing a thief. A couple of minutes I heard the voice “we had caught it”. When I got off the house while on my short trousers, I saw five men carried that antelope. Ten meters away from my house they skinned that antelope. Many people who going for their jobs respectively delayed with an aim sharing the meat. Every body seemed to have share over that meat because they understood that it was their luck for the wild and clever animal disclosed itself to the Chinangwa people.
It was funny when the concerned ones who benefited were only three out of five. The other two struggled for the front leg to share. Instead of proportional sharing a certain woman seized about 2kg of that meat rushed to her house. Some men tried to run after her but she was not caught.
My neighbour who was one of the concerned ones took one full leg and rushed. It was really fun when Alfred and I were just watching. Some young boys had blood stained on their clothes because they assisted much assuming that they might get a share. Normally when wild animal has been killed by the community the sharing is totally disproportional and requires only tough and strong people to over power others. If you are weak you are always a looser.
Killing wild animals in Malawi is illegal and many people respect the surrounding Nation Parks and other Game Reserves. The government does sensitize surrounding communities to care the environment and their habitats. For instance at that morning others could be arrested if Wild life officers witnessed what happened.
Most of the villagers are so superstitious. They suspect that antelope of belonging to a person. There is a belief that a person can possess wild animals like crocodiles, hyenas, snakes and many more for magic purposes. Some elder people who witnessed the skinning of that antelope said that it was not God creative animal, but a man’s creation. Some said that the wild antelope could not be caught by people anyhow by antelope is one of the clever and run at high There were two men who failed to report for the work because they wanted to share that antelope meat. Buying meat as relish is very expensive for rural based people in Malawi. A person can buy meat as relish may be once a month and it depends the financial stratus. After watching what was going on I asked my wife to prepare breakfast for me to take. I took bath and then boiled bananas taken as breakfast. speed at long distance without showing tiredness.
A man stole his father inlaw’s bicycle
My friend’s young brother but married with three children left Chinangwa village and is basing at Ngabu his wife’s home village. This man is also one of the Kasinthula farmers. The wife fled home because he was used to bull and batter her whenever is drunk. He sold all kitchen utensils and even the preserved food for the family. His brother had been advising him but still he doesn’t change. When he decided to follow his wife he stole his only father’s bicycle. While basing within his parent inlaws’ compound he did not bother but steal the father inlaw’s bicycle. It was so shame when his father inlaw
came at Chinangwa village to meet his father and discuss about the issue. He was not found when he heard of his father inlaw’s arrival within the village. When he stole that bicycle he came back at Chinangwa to hide.
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