Cultural differences really do come in all shapes and sizes. Like yesterday- I was absolutely blown away...reading the newspaper.
Front page story:
Dedza First grade Magistrate Court last Friday ordered (the prosecuted), a driver who caused the death of 26 people to pay a fine of K700, 000 ($5650) within 14 days or serve a three years imprisonment in default. When passing judgement , the Magistrate considered leniency as (the prosecuted) was young and a first offender...
The court heard that the accident happened when a Toyota truck driven by (the prosecuted) with 62 passengers on board overturned three times soon after crossing the Linthipe III Bridge, killing 26 people in the process and leaving others seriously injured.
"the accident occurred due to over speeding and the driver lost control of the vehicle as he was allegedly drunk."...
As of yesterday (the prosecuted) had not paid the fine, part of which would be given to the bereaved families as compensation while the remainder would go to the government. "He has not yet paid the fine but if he does then we will set him free. The court has ordered that if the fine is paid then each family would get K25,000 ($200) in compensation..."
What the??!! (on so many levels!!)
while Im at it- check out what I found in the Advertisement/public notices section! I wonder what the poor guy did to deserve such a public sledging?!
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