EYE FOR EYE AND TEETH FOR TEETH

EYE FOR EYE AND TEETH FOR TEETH
Copyright Dicho Disashi 2006

EYES FOR EYES AND TEETH FOR TEETH
THE ANGELIC AND DEMONIAC VERSES PART TWO:
(need pastors and clerics to comment)
CAUTION: SOME VERSES MAY BE MISLEADING
CONTENTS
FIRST PART
CHAPTER ONE THE SECRET

CHAPTER TWO SHAME ON YOU

CHAPTER THREE EYE FOR EYE AND TEETH FORTEETH

CHAPTER FOUR LION'S SHIT

CHAPTER FIVE: DOCTRINES.

CHAPTER SIX WITCHCRAFT AND THE PRIEST.
CHAPTER SEVEN CELEBRATION
Second part
CHPATER ONE BREAKING NEWS.
CHAPTER TWO WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN.
CHAPTER TREE TRIBULATION.
CHAPTER FOUR: BREAK THROUGHT
CHAPTER FIVE: BLESSING AND CURSES
CHAPTER SIX TABOO
CHAPTER SEVEN THE BEST CHURCH

Not important: names to be used as surnames: Emelia, Jakarumba, Emboni, Fumbwa, Fatimata, Goma, Kiwele, Guyani, Holaso, Loyiso, Sidney, Kara, Jabulani, Humbi, Joel, Joanna, Jambo, Kembola, Kalala, Ledwaba, Luzolo,
FIRST PART
CHAPTER ONE: THE SECRET

A woman is found dead at Sunday midnight on a stake with her hand tied on the big tree. She was stubbed on her left and right ribs. Her head was decorated with her blood and an under wear on top of her head written: love.
Semi naked, stripped Nashi shock in a small Zambia city called Tshale with about 100 000 people never experienced murder for many years. The free murder city, where on shock in thirty minutes hundred of neighbor gathered at the one room house.

Built with modern red brick not painted. The mayor of the city Masamba Puma arrived at the crime scene. People were wondering who is the artist killer of Nashi trying to decorate her like the Biblical Jesus cross story.

Kotsho, Nashi's neighbor had two vigorous dogs and about all his 2 ships, 3 goats and 4 cows and 2 dogs that disappeared from the small house he kept the animals except the chicken that were still there. 43 animals in the surrounding area also run away, half of them dogs. The only animal who remained where the chicken and hens. The animals forced and broke their farm door entrance with a strong power. The only time they tried to work during the day it when they had to meet some foreigners diplomatic and for some few conferences and meeting where they used to interact with ordinaries people.
In this semi rural town animals were very important to the citizen. Most of the people raise the animals and sell them to burst their income. Even people who had good jobs too, sometime were having animals aside to sell or for their own food.

At one o'clock in the morning the mayor of the city Masamba resigns from the respected post in that city. The president of the republic before the first democratic election in Zambia, Kaunda named at around 2 o'clock in the morning a former opposition student and a philosopher Prof Kubeka as the interim mayor.

Kubeka was sleeping when he heard a knock at the door. It was 2 hours in the morning. Prof Kubeka an author to be was awaked by his wife while his 2 children started crying. Prof Kubeka who always sleeps late in the night, writing his idea and founding has just slept for an hour.
Her wife was wake up: "Prof someone is knocking at the door."
Prof was wondering who can knock at his door at the late night. Prof after many tortured swore never to be a politician in Africa. They make him accept the crime he never committed. They tortured him in a group of want to be politician. Four died and one was in exile and him accept to give up politic even thought he could see people suffering, abused and killed in Africa.
He was accused of plotting to kill the president that he never even met without any gun. The general Madeke of the army gave order to torture them so he can get the promotion to become a general. He claimed to have captured a coup etat plotter.
In that period characterized by many political coup. The head of state and politician used to work at night and sleep in the day to avoid being over throne.
But the president of Zambia Kaunda wasn't impressed instead of promoting him, degraded him. Then arrested for many years. He wasn't a dictator like many African presidents. He was a man of emotion. He took the throne in a time where the two block Russia and USA. The west and the East. The capitalist and the communist where they support the head of states for their own benefit but not for the population's benefit.
But Kaunda as the head of state in a dictatorial continent was one of the few exceptions. He and Leopold Cedar Senghor of Senegal were one of the African fine leader. He cared about people, unfortunately what all his dignitaries does that he wasn't aware of it where blamed on him. The man was still respected as the father of the nation, the first African president after the independence of Zambia.

Prof Kubeka hated Kaunda and his government because of his dignitaries� abuse. He swore when he was a young energetic student in Lusaka that he didn't hate Kaunda but hated his actions. But inside of him he hated the head of state and the soldier under Madeke instruction was torturing them iron they body. Electrocuting them with ordinaries wire on the connected illegally. Beating them endlessly in a 4 rooms square where they were held naked sleeping in a floor without food for tree days. They breakfast, dinner and lunch, supper were different kind of torture.

They were forced to urinate and shit in that small captivity room without any window. They were not able to know where they were situated because they eyes where bind with clothes when entering the military truck.
Prof Kubeka was encouraging his compatriot not to worry, his was sure that they effort will pay even in future. He told his friends that they were a sacrificed generation for the better future generations.

Kubeka the survivor of those torture practices end up being a simple teacher in a high school and the most hated man by the die hard church follower who surnamed him Thomas. Thomas wanted to see than hearing what person says. In John 20:25. He refused to accept what his colleague�s disciple said that they saw Jesus. He wanted to see him touch him too. He believed only in the scientific proof rejecting the religions theory and the African religion too. He wanted scientific proof.

Kaunda never knew Kubeka the teacher based in Tshale where the mayor has just resigned after the killing drama. It was in 1992; Bill Clinton has just won the election against George Bush senior. The democrat won the election against the republican. They have been fear in many USA sponsored government. Many dictators thought that the change in the most powerful nations in the world will see them sweep too from their thrones.
Many dictators and leader wanted to change their policies to please the new government in USA fearing that they will be asked to resign. The change in the USA was affecting all the country in the world.

In Zambia Kaunda accepted to make the first democrat election. His main rival was the former trade union syndicate Tshiluba. Tshiluba was opposing the government long time ago and knew few unknown and tortured opposition member and knew Kubeka.

The Zambia transition was one of the best one in the world because the two parties: opposition and ruling party were negotiating to pave way to a new leadership in Zambia. At that late night Kaunda had contacted Tshiluba for advice before the sun rise and he proposed to name the teacher Prof surnamed Thomas too as the temporary Mayor after the resignation of Masamba.
A true example of an African democracy a country that never experienced any internal war or even a war with any of his neighbour. Some people even surnamed the Zambia's soldier as the ship soldier who have guns but never used them for it purpose to kill an enemy.

Kubeka refused to open the door at the late night. He hasn�t heard someone knocking at his door at this time.
Then he heard someone saying at the door: "We have great news for you Prof."

Kubeka thought of a trap, may be they wanted him to open the door and arrest him or kill him. But he was wondering why they have to look for him at late night? Because he has abandoned the politic. When they were arrested as student it was at late night like this.
He wasn't prepared to take any risk anymore to jeopardize the future of his children. His wife wasn't educated to get a job and support the children. He wasn't wealthy too to save money for his children's education.
The few money he get as a teacher in the government school help him to pay rent, to be clean in buying some clothes, to eat and as all the African to help few nephews, aunt, uncles...
It was at this time they used to catch the opposition leaders. It is at this time were they assassinate people. He recalled for few minutes in his mind what he have said while talking with his friend and could have led in trouble.
He approached the metallic entrance door that had glass window. He was scared they may shoot him by that window. But he wanted to make sure that he die in his two rooms house instead of dying kidnapped and thrown in the near by bush and to be eat like a food by the wild animals.

He noticed that they didn�t shoot him. He refused to light the light in his house by fear that the may easily see him inside his house while it was dark outside. Then he saw a light of the powerful torch straight in his house and someone saying. "We have the message of the president Kaunda."
The face of Kubeka was full of fear. The number one man in the land knows him. As a young activist, Kaunda never even knew his name.
He tried to hide his face from the light of the torch. The group of soldier outside his house could see what was happening. They saw how Prof struggle with the light of the torch then they switch off the torch.

The presidency election had to take place in two months in Zambia and he knew that Kaunda will loose and his comrade Tshiluba will win. He knew that Kaunda had many supporters but after ruling the country for twenty years people were just tired and wanted a new face. And that knew face was Tshiluba.
It is why he supported a 2 terms mandates because it doesn't matter how good you may be but there is a time when people will be fed up of you. They are millions of other's people who can deliver too. But in most of the African country president wanted to die president not to die ex president. They wanted to impose knew kingdom where they sons and relative will take over and protect they abuses so they make sure that they pave a way of a continuality after they death.

He wondered what message a dying man. Then he decided to open the door.
He was expecting to be welcomed by kick and beating like they did when he was a student opening his university home's door. He heard all kind of kick before even he spoke. Then was bleeding asking for help but no one heard him. He was leaving in the third floor his other's colleagues where on the ground flood, second and first floor. General Madeke was present giving orders to his soldier: "Hit hard that dog so the dog's owner will come out."
He was convinced that the student who early organized a march where sponsored by powerfull nation to cause a revolution that will change the regime. He charged hard and exaggerate the crime so the head of state will give a promotion become the number one man in charge. Madeke who charged the opposition�s of trying to overthrow the government decided to plot when he was degraded instead of being promoted. He was caught while planning how to kill the president in the independence meeting and become the new head of state.
He had people soldier congratulating him: "Congratulation, you have been named as the new mayor of Tshale."
Prof was not ready to accept a political post so he may keep his mouth shout while people were abused. He declined the nomination: "I don't have to take money eat now while my future generation will suffer for many more generations. I won't sell the country and my honour because of my own sake. The population and the future generation is bigger than me."
Kubeka always says that the reason or being always right is not immediate but future. He was used of people telling him that he wasn't right with his view while talking to his friends, colleagues and even neighbors. He knew that it only after many years that they will remember his words and says that he was right.
He refused any kind of corruption. He wanted to die poor with dignity than dying rich with guilt.
Seven soldiers were deployed at that time to deliver the message. They all knew him as a philosopher and Thomas who couldn't even agree to any religion.
They begged him to report to the mayor office where the telephone existed so he may talk with Lusaka the capital city.
He had a time to enter his room give a kiss to his wife and children not knowing if he was coming back to his love one or he was going for ever. He took a jacket and he entered the soldier jeep outside his yard.

The soldier were begging him to reconsider is decision and accept to be the number one man in Tshale.
Tree o'clock in the morning. He took the phone in the mayor office and talked to Zambian president Kaunda that he rejected his offer and regretted to be part of abuser.
Kaunda was more impressed by the decision of this man that disappointed for him it was a man who had a potential to be a leader in Zambia: "Your opposition's comrade Tshiluba has recommended to name you."
Prof Kubeka wondered how a comrade can betrayed him. He respected this opposition leader. But he has refused to be part of politic anymore. They human right watch wasn't helping the people in the far land to ask for change.
When they were tortured no one help them. The citizen for whom they were dying for leaving in fear even blamed them: "Don't play with politic, it is a dangerous game. Why did you try to play with fire politic?"
Kubeka who had a problem to walk straight or seat on the chair properly because of the torture was so disappointed even by the people living in fear for whom he was fighting for.
He walks pulling one leg instead of bending the knee. He sits one bum instead of the two bums.

President Kaunda made s surprise when he connected him to Tshiluba. "Comrade accepts the post. We are representing the majority. The world is changing; the democrat has beaten the republican. Bill has beat George and me Tshiluba I will beat Kaunda."
Tshiluba wanted all the underground and not known opposing and retired opposition member like Kubeka to be part of the new government.
Tshiluba insisted: "Comrade, your victory has just the establishment of thing to come."
After the insistence of the future president Frederic Tshiluba, Kubeka accepted the task. But it was a hard as he thought. He has to take charge of the city immediately and the most immediate problem in the city at that time was the murder of church goers Nashi. What makes that murder mysterious is that she was decorated like Jesus with a word love. The artist decorator and murder just fail to make a cross but indeed made a stake for the victim. He fails to find thorn hat but put an underwear with blood on her head.
He fails to find suitable writing pain but used the women blood to write love. He failed to dig that stake but plant it at the corner of the wall inside the tiny room.

First murder in many years in that town. A mysterious murder in Tshale.

Prof Kubeka was assigned to form a team to crack the murder. He went to the crime scene. Found already the crime scene sealed while hundred of neighbour come to witness the dramatic scene. Women crying and men vowing to mob any suspect.

Prof Kubeka look at the crime scene and couldn't believe that he could witness those crimes scene read in the book and saw on television in Tshale the city of peace.
The man surnamed Thomas because he wanted proofs and become an unwanted by the religion patricians took the courage entering the sealed area. While the rumors started circulating from the 2 soldiers that he was the new mayor of the city.

Shock to many people who never thought that the half crazy man of the city could have been given this position in middle of the night while people were waiting for the coming elections in few months.
Kaunda knew already that he was loosing the coming presidential election after being head of state for more than twenty years. He didn�t want to hang on power like many head of state in Africa who will do everything not to leave that chair ready even to cheat and trick the election and even attack those candidates ready to beat him.

Everybody was looking at the new mayor to come up with a strategy to capture the killer. Prof Kubeka gave the order not to allow anyone to get closer to that one bedroom house. Most of the houses in that area had one or two bedroom. One room was often used us the parent rooms were they were sleeping with little kids while the other room were at day kitchen, living room and at night it was a sleeping room for visitors and grow up children.

Prof Kubeka was given on spot two bodyguards who were soldier and a driver. Prof Kubeka didn't know even how to drive any car.
Four o'clock in the morning he decided to take his new entourage in the jeep to head in one of the village situated at 50 kilometers of Tshale called Muvango.

Prof Kubeka unable to informs his family about what was going on in the city and country at the late night. Kubeka wife had no sleep has she was praying for God to save his husband. They were expecting many troubles before the election in the country.
Kubeka like a soldier in a war not carrying about what he was wearing was on the new mission. He was still wearing is sleeping clothes: An old tired long white top and a long short with holes every where like if he escaped the nails of a wild animal.

Kubeka seating at the back of the chairs in the car. He changed from zero to hero. He was not even able to open the car door. The soldier and the driver started opening the door for him. He was moving in the next few hours in the most beautiful palace in Tshale after Ramy's house.

It was a well built house by the colonist with antique style two floors with many rooms. He could be able to call all his big extend family to live in that beautiful house. More beautiful that the president guest house. The house was meant to be a presidential house. The colonist wanted Tshale to be the capitol city of Zambia but after serious dispute among themselves they changed the policy choosing Lusaka as the capital city because it was more accessible to many part of the land while Tshale was closer to the Congolese border.
In fact Tshale was a apart of the cobalt belt. The Cobalt belt started in the South part of Congo to the northern part of Congo. The Belgian who were colonizing Congo and the British who were colonizing Zambia fought for many years for that rich part of the land.
The people from South Congo and North Zambia were the same people with one same traditional leader but the colonization were able to separate families and make them call each others foreigners and even able to create xenophobia.
That house was prohibited to be look at many times. Prof Kubeka has witness the drama of watching the beautiful mansion next to the big street Huwasa. He was passing by that street watching the beautiful house guarded by soldier. As a writer, researcher and curious man Prof Kubeka was able to admire and contemplate everything without fear.

But it wasn't a good day for the teacher, he was followed by the soldiers and had to be sent to the local police station for interrogation. He had to explain why he was watching the house so much. He was about to be charged of plotting to kill the mayor of the city.

In they culture they always says that you don't have to laugh at anybody because you don't know the future. It what really happened to Kubeka. They politicians felt that he was the only man in the city who can be the mayor and able to handle the people's trouble.
He has shown as a student in Lusaka when he was part of the opposition that is about to take over the reign in the country even thought he prematurely retired because of the torture.

A man who was about to publish a philosophical book of the Bantu with random house. The man who was able to understand different opinions of people and find a solution. But the man surnamed Thomas was hated by the die hard religions follower.

Kubeka felt some kind of anger trying to find a man who can help him to find a solution. He was convinced that when the sun rise everybody will know and the people will be very angry ready to mob all the suspecteds criminal and even attack the police stations.

Tshale was a city of crime free. People were able to leave thing outside their house and no one was stealing. The only robbers of the city were just petty crime robbers stealing domestic animals and sometime breaking in the houses and the first thing they used to do was to eat the food in the pots.

He arrived in Muvango just before five in the morning. The chickens were walking up the villager to go to work. Driving in the unpaved village avoiding the walking animal passing in the small streets. Watching by some villager with their tools who were curious admiring the vehicle in the village.

After passing hundred of houses, he gave the driver the order to stop on one of the house.
The driver and military were sure that he was going to meet a witch doctor for protection like believed by many African that all the successful people do. The politician and many people holding top post needed some kind of protection against the jealous people who wanted and envied they post. And he wanted also to be more successful and loved by their superiors too and is able to dominate the inferiors at the same time.

It was one of the biggest houses in the village with a small fence protecting the house. With a motorbike outside and an old track. The driver and the bodyguard watched the mayor of the city knocking at the house. This house wasn't in a clay house but it was build with modern bricks and painted with red and white colour.

The owner of the house should have been a very successful man in Muvango. After five minutes a woman come and opened the door and Prof Kubeka entered the house.
Kubeka was looking for the owner of the house Zaka Zaka Moba known only by the name of Zaka Zaka. He knew this man for a very long time and they used to chat a lot. Zaka Zaka retired as a police investigator. Prof Kubeka loved this man because he was a hard worker and didn't like bribe. Zaka Zaka Moba was forced to retired because of continually difference with his superiors. He find himself in the position that he even felt that his life was in danger. So he decided to retire at 45 years old five years ago and concentrate on his farm in village.

He left all the luxury things in town decided to return to his ancestor�s land where they were no electricity and water. They women have to take the water from the near bye village. The women has to take the firing wood in the bush. Men were doing agriculture to look after their families.
Kubeka managed to build a big house in the village much bigger than the one he rented in Tshale. He managed to put in the modern furniture. He managed to buy two tractors that helped him to be successful.
Kubeka waited for another five minutes for Zaka Zaka�s wife to call him.

Kubeka had the impression that Zaka Zaka Moba has grown older. At fifty years he had plenty of white hairs. He becomes more darker with the sun burning him. It was a sign that he spends many hours under the sun in this village. But he pick up weight sign that he was having some kind of peace of mind and probably eat better.

They hugged each others. Zaka Zaka was wondering what Kubeka wanted from him early hours in the morning?
Kubeka told him: "I need your help."
"Help?"
"Yes, I need your help."
"How can I help you?"
Kubeka knew that Zaka Zaka Moba won't accept easily his suggestion. He has made up his life and apparently enjoyed to retire at the early age and live in a small village far from the noises of towns far from the pressure of work.
"Help me to investigate a crime."
"No way."
Kubeka related him how he was named about four hours ago as the mayor of Tshale and he needed to crack the killer of Nashi and the artist who tried to decorate her as Jesus. He had very few faiths in the investigation team in Tshale. He knew that Zaka zaka could have helped.
Zaka Zaka asked for forgiveness and lights a cigarette. He knew that Prof was not a smoker, smoking in his presence was disturbing but he has just wake up and hear disturbing news and decided to smoke for a while.

Zaka Zaka had allergy for the investigation job. It was very difficult job for him even thought he used to watch many Europeans and American movie to get some tips but the reality in the developed world and under developed words were very different.
Zaka Zaka had to rely in the verbal proof often while in the developed country they were able to use even the technology on their side. He wasn't even able to get the fingers prints proof. He used to take the finger prints send it in Lusaka and wait for months to get the result and most of the time the result were always lost before they reach the court. Out of more than fifty finger sample only two reached the court and arrived in time to convict the criminal. He even decided to stop the finger print method.

He hated that job, while in many countries they were already using the DNA test and other genetic tests.
Zaka Zaka Moba was pleased to hear that Kubeka potential was to be seen. He was happy that a respected man and clever man in his eyes has become a mayor of Tshale.
Zaka Zaka Moba thought that Kubeka had even the potential to be a leader in Zambia and do better the job more than many ministers but this underrated ma living in semi rural semi modern town Tshale had no connection to expose his talent and natural ability.
Kubeka who had only one hour sleep related the all story and the drama to Zaka Zaka.
He sympathized and congratulated at the same time Kubeka and answered: "With all the respect I always have for you. I think that I am not able to help you in this case."
Kubeka insisted and demanded to Zaka Zaka Moba to help him only for this case. Kubeka dignity and reputation depended on this case. He insisted: "If you feel truly that I am the man of this job and be a leader in this country please support me only for this case."
Zaka Zaka Moba thought for about 10 minutes. He wanted Kubeka to be one of the leaders in Zambia. He had to support him. Then he finally accepted to help Kubeka just for this case. He knew that he won't be easy to find the killer and decorator. He had to accept to leave is activities for a while and return to towns for a while.
Zaka Zaka Moba hated politician with all his heart. He told Prof Kubeka. "Kaunda was a leader on his time, the post colonial period but I don't think that Tshiluba is the answer to our misery too. They are all foreigners."
The post colonial period was characterized of none election period, this was to be the first election after 30 years.
They suspected Tshiluba, the president challenger being from Congolese descent and the president Kaunda for being from Malawi. It is how the two camps were attacking each other. Kubeka answered him before their left: �The origin do not matter as long their do their job well. They have been in this country for many year whether or not they are Zambian of origin or not."

Prof new heard about the two camps trying to elaborate on the originality of their leaders. The same was said about the Congolese dictatorship Mobutu people could accept that a citizen could mismanage his own country they said that he was from Ubangi in central Africa not a Congolese. What about Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola who was said that he was originated from Cape Verde. Mwalimu Nyerere the well known head of state who promoted the African language Swahili ahead of the English from Tanzania was said that he was from Kenya. All most all the head of states where said from originally from the neighboring countries.

Zaka Zaka Moba decided to follow him with his motorbike. The mayor's entourage doesn�t know what the man with a motorbike was following them.
It was about half past six in the morning that the new mayor and the investigator arrived at the crime scene. This time close to one thousand people were in that street making difficult for the car to enter the street as the driver was hooting and the body guard shooting to people to leave the way to the new mayor.

They arrived find on the scene more soldier and police pushing the crowd away of the small room.
Zaka Zaka Moba decided to get off the motorbike just tree hundred meters away from the scene, he was wearing his ex police top. It helped him to get his way through the crowd. Many were having machetes and other weapon include the traditional fighting stick called Panga vowing to kill the suspect.
Zaka Zaka Moba lighted the cigarette to slow down his nerve. Most of the bigger smokers were policemen and him as a former investigator become so addicted to his cigarette that he makes sure that when he is in Lusaka he buys many boxes of cigarettes for at least a month.
In this city people were mobbing criminal. The governments were against those practices and were arresting people who were taking the law on their own hands. They head few trust on the police and accusing the police of protecting criminal. The criminals were not scared of the police but were scared with the community.
It is why the crime was still very low in Tshale. The man caught raping a woman was often killed with the beating. A robber who hurt the owner dies too from the beating. All the petty robbers made sure to rob but not hurt anyone in that process. When they were caught and not having hurt anyone they were not killed by the community.

The mobbing rule was called Eye for Eye and Teeth for Teeth. The killer was never pardoned by the community. No excuse for any murder. Some hunter who used to kill they wives and their friend in the dispute were often killed unless if they escape and run to the police. Eye for eye and teeth for teeth was also known as justice.
The last murder was eight years ago. A hunter killed his wife. Than the community member wanted to catch him and him was running toward the police and shooting to the follower people wounding 12 people and killing six others. The others hunters who they hunting guns had joined the community even thought most of them were is best friend. He managed to enter the police office but the community members over powered the police men and killed the man in the police office.

It was allow to hit on your wife or children as a way to educate or implement discipline but it wasn't forgivable when there is a death in that process. Everybody was a police men and police woman.

Zaka Zaka Moba had a chance to arrive on the scene look at Nashi and the murder. He took what he wanted to start the investigation and support Prof Kubeka the new mayor.
It took him about ten minutes while the mayor who was still in his sleeping clothes was watching. He was wearing only an old T short with it he sleeps with and an old advertising white Fanta drink T shirt with him. The advertising names were almost wiped off, because it was too old. No time to rest, his job was very challenging started five hours after his nomination.

After that, the police and the medical personnel were allowed to take the body. Zaka Zaka when wanted to leave Kotsho, Nashi's neighbours come complaining to the investigator about his lost animals. Zaka Zaka ignored him then two other people come complaining about their dogs that fled their yard too.
He took now these animals escape as a good lead may help him to catch the criminal but told to the complainant: "We are not Masai to cry when a cow is dead or a Kasai to cry for a stones."
Then he decided to add: "I am not an investigator. I am just a curious former policeman."
They believed that the Masai a popular tribe of cow farmer in the East Africa cry once a cow dies more than when the human die. They believed too that the popular tribe of businessmen from Congo Kasai cries when they loose money or the stones more than when the human's die. When they talk about the stones they mean the diamond.

Zaka Zaka Moba who left Tshale for the village Muvango, had an house that he bought as a policemen but put already people renting. To go to the hotel it could have cost him plenty of money so he decided to rent a room like most of the people in Tshale until he completes the investigation. He didn't want people to acknowledge that he was doing the investigation.

Seven in the mourning radio Tshale announced the shocking news. First the resignation of the mayor and the nomination of a simple citizen called Prof Kubeka as the new mayor before the coming election. And the most awaited news the strange death of Nashi.

People were feeling the change in the world. Clinton winning the election over Bush. And people were sensing the coming victory of the opposition leader and trade union president Tshiluba over the long time serving leader of the country who wasn't a dictator like many African leaders Kaunda. The change was hitting the most powerful nation in the world and the others nation were hit by that change.

It was a shock for many citizens. Radio Tshale used to broadcast from seven in the morning to seven in the evening with the evening. In that 12 hours broadcast they used to get 4 hours from the main radio station of the land Lusaka. Then after seven they give the relay to Radio Lusaka until midnight and close the station for the next seven hours.

Strange enough people who saw Prof in middle of the policemen not knowing what he was doing got the confirmation. Prof Kubeka nomination was well come by most of the citizen. But the religious leaders didn't welcome him as he was know as a Thomas who vowed to see miracle and action than believing to what is true from the Bible.
Prof Kubeka was originated from Tshale and the same time he shown to many people that he was a philosopher and thinker.
Politic wasn't a priority to this man, his priority was to see his books publish and thank to Random House who was accepted his scripture but were doing editing. Kubeka was not a fan of editing because he was scared that the original thought may be changed after many editions.

Prof Kubeka who was expected at school that Monday morning. The pupils were celebrating his nomination at school. While most of his colleagues who used to tease him were very quiet. But the principal was very happy and excited seeing his teacher as the head of the peaceful city Tshale.

Hundred of Kubeka friend and fun gathered at his two rooms houses while two truck were moving some of his belonging. The things to be moved were books while the old furniture was left. Kubeka has to use the furniture in the mayor residence. Kubeka's wife took all the notes include duty small peace papers were Kubeka wrote some thing for the new residence. All the pot that he was using were thrown and given to the neighbours. Most of them were old and dark of colour because cooked on top of the wood.
Most of the clothes were left behind too, it was a new beginning. The second truck left the house without anything aboard.

Kubeka himself didn't realize how popular he was and how well the population accepted his nomination. He was sure that only few people may support him but at the first impression, most of the people welcomed his nomination.

He was set to address the first public talk on radio Tshale at 12 o clock in the noon. Everybody wanted to hear what the philosopher will say and his comment about Nashi's death.

Kubeka went in his new office with a picture of the President Kaunda on top. He removed the former mayor's picture. He didn't have time to develop his picture and make it big and replace. This process takes place only in Lusaka and may take up to two days.
His table was cover with a mirror and tree leather chairs on that office plus an imported launch next door used as he waiting room.

Kubeka started by writing down what he has to tell to the population. He wanted to suit everybody, the majority of the illiterate population, the intellectual, the old and young. He decided not to make a very philosophical meeting. As an opposing student he used to think about what he will say now that he was in charge he was thinking about what he has to do. Thinks has changed from what to talk to what to do.

As a student member of the opposition he never dream of being given post but dreamed of implementing the human's right and the international democratic standard in Africa. But he decided to start where he was as a student in Zambia thinking about conquering the all continent.
Kubeka had a dream of a united Africa. He believed that Africa was one country like America separated by sea and Ocean only.
He hated to call his cousin in south of Congo and North of Zambia speaking the same dialect and sharing the same ancestor and end up calling each other foreigner. He hated to hear the Bakongo living in Congo, Angola and Congo Brazzaville being separated. He hated to hear the Zulu and Ndebele in South continent being in two countries South Africa and Zimbabwe. He hated to hear those separations and hated the new generation who accepted those separations. Now he wanted to return to the political dream of unifying the continent first as a mayor hoping to rise high. He hated to see the death of the African culture and religion. He hated to see in the Museum the African gods and mask exposed as doll.
Most of all, he hated to hear that African as under developed. He believed that there is no more developed country to others but they were only countries who were advanced in technology. Every culture and way of life was best to each one.
He loved the fact that they were no fewer beggars in African countries than the developed countries. He believed that with the return of the Ubuntu the African love, they will be no beggar and homeless in Africa. The traditional Africa is that everybody were member of the extend family.

He believed that happiness was not based on material but the happiness in heart with what he has. He hated people politician fighting for the presidency post while they may serve the nation even to any posts.

Before the most awaited interview in the land people were already expecting Kubeka of distancing himself from the community. They knew that most of the politician changes once get the political post. They only come to the population when they need to be voted and abuse of the people's trust. The former ordinary teacher could just be one of them.

People were waiting too hear what he will say about the murder that happen in the peaceful city.

One hour before the address of Kubeka, Zaka Zaka come to see him in the office that he has already identified the suspect in the murders but he doesn't want to jeopardize the investigation in arresting him. He believed that the suspect was not alone. It may take up to months to complete the investigation.

Prof Kubeka had a message for the upset public. He started by saying: "I am not a magician."
He begged the public to work hand in hand and help him to complete his job. The population always expects the authorities to perform miracles.
"My mandate his to continue and fight for the implementation of the democracy in the all continent starting by the city of peace Tshale. I will accept any post even as a cleaner to serve the population not to be served."

People were expecting him to praise the one who named him. Many thought that to be a politician was one of the easiest ways to make money and be rich. Many politicians used that political position to influence and take all the opportunity to make money for themselves.

"I am here to prepare the coming election. And we have to be patient; election won't solve all the problems immediately. The train of change is coming. Clinton has won the election in USA and comrade Tshiluba will lead our country for the next term."
�it is not easy to wait� Confess the acting Mayor. �I know if you boss tells you to come a half past ten but if he makes you wait for 30 more minutes to receive you at eleven, you gets upset�
If people may not wait for more few minutes, it will be difficult to wait for days or even months�
Many people in Zambia didn't know what the election was. They only hear on the news on the overseas. They were anxious on witnessing the first election coming in Zambia. They had hope of the change and good life after the election. It was a way to back up his political comrade who influenced the president to name him and who insisted that Kubeka accept that post.
Kubeka refused to make long speech were politician talks for hours and at the end they don't say anything, just a combination of sweet words. "I managed to secure hundred thousand USA dollar award for the man who will give us the information leading to the arrest of Nashi's murders and possible his accomplices."
This was a lot of money in a country were the inflation everyday and people to keep stability were evaluating every price and the value of money in American dollar. It money Kwatcha had 100 Ngween or Cent in dollar. But the Ngween even disappeared on the market because the money has reached an inflation period where the cent means nothing, unable to buy even a sweet.
This was the high reward that the government has offered for the capture of the criminal. Kubeka spend many times negotiating with his superiors from Lusaka the capital for the acquisition of that money. This proved how concern the authorities were regarding this strange murder. It is why they have offered the biggest award the country ever has offered.

Everybody hearing the radio was shock to hear that and everybody wanted a hand on that record money. "I beg the public not to take the justice on their own hand but work hand in hand with the police personal. Everybody must stay vigilant."

He insisted again with an African proverb: "It is not the same day that you eat a frog that you will get pimple."

A popular proverb hugging the citizen to be patient. A change does not come over night but it is a process.
He decided to hire in parallel with the police investigators a private secret investigator, the former retired police investigator Zaka Zaka Moba.
At the end of the speech, he mentions how he missed Pablo a curious Christian believer who was like a son to him. He disappeared after a clash with a sect member. They didn't know that he has crossed the sea. Pablo was Kubeka neighbour and a studied in his school where he graduated.

It was a call to the citizen to stop mob but begging them to trust the police. But at the same time urging the citizen to remain vigilant in helping the police. It was an impossible task because the community who had few trust into the police to work together. And at the same time he refused to urge the population to leave everything in the hand of the police themselves.

At the end of the radio speech everybody seems to be satisfied with the call of the surprise new mayor of the city. It was just a good start for the unexpected mayor.

CHAPTER TWO: SHAME ON YOU.

Zaka Zaka Moba got the first accomplices, the hit man but decided to complete the job before he reveals what he wanted to reveal. He took him less than a week to get the hit man.
He got the murdered woman CV. She was a servant in the church called Tabernacle. It used to be known African Christian Church of Mzee. But after many followed fled the church, they changed a new name and emblem.
Zaka Zaka Moba suspects that it was a part of the churches war who were fighting for followers. He decided to continue his investigations in the biggest formed churches in Tshale.
Zaka Zaka Moba the investigator decided to continue his investigation. He took is motorbike a Yamaha 200 cc and wore one of his best black suit and black pant and decided to head to one of the newly formed church by two pastors called New Jerusalem.
It was more challenging than he thought. The churches were the safe places and preached against crime. But when it comes to find a crime in holy houses it was very complicated.
He went and parks his blue motorbike outside a tent build church. New Jerusalem was donated a big tent before they finish to build their one thousand seat church.
They were very few cars parked outside the house of God. Because many people didn't have money to own cars in that part of the world. Zaka Zaka was about five minutes late of the church service. He fixed the button of his suit and his tie. Zaka zaka hated tie and the suit; he hated to wear it in court to testify on the state behalf. He hated this kind of clothes as he always felt uncomfortable. With all the proceeding taking place in the court, he even concluded that the court was very boring than the hospital. He remembered that when he was sick in hospital meeting every kind of injured and sick people in hospital. On top of that the smell of the medicine in the hospital. But he concluded that the court was boring than the hospital. The criminal trying to flee and locked in the court room while the security his fortified. The judge talking and the prosecutor challenge the defense teams. The curious people coming to witness how people have lost they mind with crime. Listening to unusual stories.

Just when he entered the big tent with about 300 hundred people in the church. He was met buy two Christians who greeted him, "Welcome to the church for the first time". They were looking at the Bible he was carrying. It was knew while they were holding their. Zaka Zaka Moba realized that it was because he was carrying a new Bible that they realized that he was knew in the congregation. He look at their, they were still in good shape but they page were duty because of continually reading the Bible's page.
He saw people at the entrance door wearing green and red uniform. Then when he walked passed them, he heard a water sound. Then he look at he two men he just passed he saw a big basin next to them. Then he saw them taking from that basin a bucket of water and thrown to him. Zaka Zaka knew that that in some church they throw just little water but he was not expecting a full baguette of water. They were very little space for him to escape the water. Just when he was about to complain he saw the other side the followers who were wet. And he realized that it was on of their practice. Then another man entering behind Zaka Zaka stopped of the two door man and they pour the water on him. It was to wash off the followers from the world bad spirit and a ceremony of cleaning the followers.

Zaka Zaka Moba hated again this job he decided to return too to help his friend Prof to catch the killer of Nashi. The investigator job has to take him to the places he is not use to. Zaka Zaka Moba hasn�t been in church for many years but all his family's member: his wife and children attend the church service. In this part of the world men were very resistant to churches but very few men are going to the church.

Without no complain Zaka Zaka Moba went to seat at the back seat. He has to accept all the ceremony. He just wanted a clue that may help him to catch the other people involved in the murder of Nashi Mambo. The people of the city were still angry with the police for not catching in time the criminals.

Pro Kubeka who hired Zaka Zaka to do the investigation has let the police too to try to find on their own way the criminals. The police and many people believed that it may have been new ceremonies from the ever growing sects in the city were they could have sacrificed a woman. At the other hand they couldn't understand why the animals at the place of the scene has run away and at the same time the animals disappeared some of them were caught two days later: goats, ships...but most of the dogs were still missing.

Zaka Zaka Moba looks at the big originally while tent but decorated in green and red the colour of the church. He saw it very nice into his eyes and wished that they keep partying in this tent. It has a big space inside and there was no way that the rain or the sun could had have disturbed the service. They managed to put even electricity for the speaker and big bulb inside. It was lovely. All the bench were quiet longer able to seat many people a bench and well put in order.

Zaka Zaka Moba find the followers busy singing and decided to follow they hand beating. They were beating the hands very fast about two to tree clap the hand in second. Just after two minutes, Zaka Zaka Moba felt the warm. It was a very hard exercise. They could had afford to buy the modern music equipment or even the traditional equipment that were very cheap such us the traditional drum or home made guitar. He realized that in this church doctrine they didn't want to use any musical instruments. But the clap of hand of many people suited the song and was really reliable music sound. The songs were quiet long about 20 minutes for each song.

Most of the clergy and the usher and other church personal were easy to identify because they were wearing red and green uniform.
Then Zaka Zaka saw a man in his late or early thirty after about tree songs to the podium. It was already eleven and Zaka Zaka felt little tired after singing about 3 songs.
The man called Zimbuya who was a junior pastor was about to preach. He started by saying: "Shame on you�
And all the followers followed: "Shame on you."
He opens a big Bible he has. They were many version of the Bible but Zaka Zaka wondered why Zimbuya Bible was much bigger? Zaka Zaka Moba concluded because Zimbuya was wearing glasses that he may have eye's sight problems and in that Bible the size of the letters may have been much more bigger than the ordinary Bible.
Zimbuya repeated: "Brothers and sisters, shame on you."
The all congregation went: "Shame on you."
Zimbuya repeated: "Shame on you."
Everybody says. "Shame on you."

Zaka Zaka Moba felt very uncomfortable for a while. Why Zimbuya has to insist, shame on you. May be shame on Zaka Zaka because he comes to church not to pray like everybody but to continue his investigation. Or may be because he is a newcomer in the church or may be because he suspect them of being involved in the murder or may be because he hasn't accepted Jesus Christ as his saviour.

Zimbuya started the preaching while Zaka Zaka Moba was trying to understand why the preacher insisted on shame on you: "Shame on you my wife for lying to me that you will love me for ever for better and worse but when I die you refuse to accompany me into my grave, you let me be buried alone. Where is the love? And 40 days later you get another man and forget me."

Zaka Zaka Moba laughed after hearing this. It sounded true. When people get married they vow to love each other for the better and worst. But when one of them dies, no one will accompany him into the grave or tomb.
The church followers supported him: "Shame on you."
Zimbuya open his Bible and tell the followers that in the book of Leviticus 19:18 Love your fellow like yourself. Jesus Christ has given us one commandment that synthesis all the ten commandment written in the Bible. He opens the book of Luke 10:27, Love your neighbour as yourself. A man who loves his neighbour will never hurt his neighbours or do something wrong.
Zimbuya continued: "Shame on you, lawyer you spend many years at university to study how to lie and defend only the rich man who pays you."
The followers supported him: "Shame on you."
As a former investigator Zaka Zaka Moba has experienced this kind of case. Where he arrest a rich men but because he has money hire a good lawyer who help him to win a case.
Zimbuya proceeded: "Shame on you bodyguards, security. You protect the famous people and the politician but fail to protect him when death comes. You fail to stop the disease and the microbe from entering your boss's body."
The all church went on: "Shame on you."
The disease, the virus, the microbe enter the rich men even the president without any visa or appointment in the body. It doesn't need any visa to enter the foreign body. The disease doesn't need a special invitation to enter people's body. Zimbuya opened the book of Proverbs 18: 10 the name of God is a strong tower. Into it the righteous runs and is given protection.
He continued that the Bible wrote that if God do not protect the one who protect, protect in vain.
Zimbuya than said: "Shame on you lawyers. You went to university and studied for many years just to learn how to lie and defend even the criminal. You learnt not to be ashamed because you of money."
"Who care" Zaka Zaka Moba said to himself. Money makes the world go today. Zaka Zaka has heard how people in many Africans countries were untouchable with money. The poor criminal struggles in many of Africans jail were they were almost no food while the rich criminal walk free.
The all church went: "Shame on you."
Zaka Zaka remembered the lawyers in the court and all the things come into his mind. The place that he called was more boring than the hospital.
Zimbuya continued: "Brothers and sister shame on you the insurance companies. I pay my due every months to ensure, my property and my expensive belonging pas you are not able to save my beloved one's life and my life."
People supported him: "Shame on you."
Zaka Zaka Moba agreed with the preacher. If really there was insurance for everything, they insurance could have insured the life or rich men.
He insisted that it is only God who has the last words on the life and death of humans. No one could save their life when death knock at the door even the genus medical doctors who spend many years studying and specializing in human's diseases.
He continued: "Shame on you governments if this world. You promise good life to people on the mouth but not in action."
The church goers responded: "Shame on you."
Zaka Zaka Moba couldn't agree more with the preacher comment and what he was trying to say. He had a respect of the government as an ex policemen. He used to fight the people in the community who were mobbing suspected criminals. Some innocent people died too from these practices.
He had the impression that people were becoming very lazy blaming the government and waiting the government to do everything for them even very simple stuff they could have done. Some villagers who lived thousand of Kilometers from the capital city Lusaka were waiting for the government to do everything for them even some simple stuff that they could have easily mobilize themselves and do.
He said that they don't build anymore schools and hospitals but build prisons. There is more bullet and gun into the world than toys. There is more retrenchment than employment into the world.

Zimbuya continued: �Shame on you smokers. The cars and airplane has exhaust pipe for the smoke from the petrol and other combustible but you make your noise that supposed to breath pure air your exhaust pipe. If God could have loved you to smoke he could have made an exhaust pipe on your body may be on top of your head."
The church goers agreed: "Shame on you."

Zaka Zaka Moba laughed for a while he felt that it was a personnel insult. He is a smoker. He tried to give up these practices like many smoker but he is addicted to it. At certain stage, he was smoking each stick of cigarette saying that it was he last one but fail. He tried to be rehabilitee but keep returning to it. He often advises people that the really answer against smoking or bad habit is not to start. The first time you try to smoke and cough is a waking up call not to continue, it tells you to give up for life.

It started as fun, when Zaka Zaka Moba started smoking. It was at school with a group of his colleagues. He wanted to be integrated in a cool group or clever people, intelligent, rebellious people who were smoking after school or in the break time. He wanted to be cool but he end up being addicted to nicotine. He formatted excuse that he was slowing down the stress but it doesn't help. All the warning on the pack of cigarettes and the consequences of smoking were not helping him anymore.
Zimboya urged the follower to open the book of 1John 5:3 where it written that if you love God with all your whole heart, you will find that his commandments are not burdensome.
He said that in the book of Galatians 5:22,23 the fruit of the good spirit are: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self control. He said that you can be God's friend by obeying him like it written in James 2:23.
Zaka Zaka Moba was lost in searching for the book in the Bible. Zaka Zaka went to church it was seven years ago when his brother got married. But his wife and children goes to church. He was among the group of the majority of men who had no time for church.
He bought a Bible two days before Sunday so he can go to the church. He felt that he was illiterate not knowing how to search for verses while other followers knew and find easily the books. He thought that the Bible's books were in alphabetical order like in the dictionary but it wasn't he was getting lost. He wondered why the books where not placed in alphabetical order?
A woman seating next to him, when she realized that he had difficulties to search for the book started helping him. He felt the uncomfortable. He become a problem to others, he makes his own problem everybody's problem. Him who didn't want to live behind what he can. He used to make sure that in live with what he is earning not more than what he can afford. As a policeman and now a farmer he used to spend money according his earning. He never borrows money to anybody and was happy with what he used to get. In they African proverb it was said that a bird do not eat what is big to his mouth.
He hated people who makes they own problems, other's people problem. He used even to shout at the drunker who were returning with noises and screaming and making problem to others people who do not drink. His big philosophy was to make sure never to make your own problems others problem. He even rarely complain in his life but he found himself making his problem to her neighbour who has to help him and open her Bible at the same time and highlight with a red pen the important verses.
Zimbuya started now the preaching after the introduction. He was becoming one of the follower�s favorite�s preacher. He wasn't educated he left school in grade six after various jobs in Tshale and the capital city Lusaka he was called to be a preacher. A courageous man who look after his six brothers and sisters after loosing both her parent the same day from the bus accident. It was that tragedy that changed his life and Zimbuya decided to draw closer to God where he find peace and happiness. Most of his preaching was based on urging people to rely on God only not on human from his life experienced. He had many rich relatives who forgot the African culture preferring to put material before human's life. They drive expensive cars while they family's members and people are starving on streets. In Africa when someone his unhappy they are all unhappy, if someone else is hungry they are all hungry and if someone cannot see, they all blind. But with the fast growing new culture in towns, many people started loosing their happy culture. The African culture based on sharing and respect. The African were called happy people due to their culture. The culture that does not rely on material, the make of human's hand to be happy.

He drank a glass of water after coughing he started the preaching:

Shame on you brothers and sister who put their trust in humans. We can become friend of God by obeying to him, see James 2:23. In 2 Samuel 2:26. It said that the love of God is wonderful than the love of woman. The woman today loves man for their money and reputation. They don't care anymore the form of his head: triangle or rectangular. The ugliest rich today have the most beautiful women regardless of his age.
Shame on you!
Today, a woman before she says yes, she will ask you what kind of job are doing to be loved. Bad luck to the unemployed and poor get they don't get the women they dream of because of those practices.
Today before a woman says yes, she will ask you where you live. Unfortunately for those who live in shacks and in poor suburbs some women do not even want to approach them. Forgetting that Jesus Christ the only son of God was born in a house of sheep.

Shame on you!
Today before a woman says yes, she will ask what you studied. They want the doctors, people who have degrees; people who are highly educated forgetting that school were made by men. God has no degree, no diploma, no certificate by he made us, plants, rocks and stars just to mentions few.
Shame on you!
Today a woman before she says yes, she will ask you from which family are you from. They want the cousins and brothers of famous and rich people.
Shame on you!
No one has the lover greater than what our saviours has for us, to surrender his soul for us. Look in John 15:13.
Shame on the parliamentarian who act like if they love us ordinary people. They fight, sleep, and laugh in their house while people are starving of hunger. They talk for hours but very little actions his seen on the communities. Politic is become a form of new lie creating excuses and unrealistic hope. They met for a fashion show and dinner pretending to care for population. They come to us only to be elected and abuse of our trust. When they met in that decorated room called parliament they forgot us.
Shame on you!
They want us to think stupid. They want to patient when there is no answer. They want us to think that thing will be easy. They want us to think that everything will be affordable cheaper and even free. They want to believe that things will be easy. They lie to us and laugh at us as stupid.
Shame on you!
When you get what you want you forget. The lawyers who spend many years in universities learn to lie to defend the one who has money. They act like prostitutes, the more money you have the more luckily you are to win the case and hire the top liar or lawyers.
Shame on my body, I give him everything it wants: good food, best clothes, I take you all over the world. I travel and find the beautiful woman on it eye, but the recompense of all of those sacrifices is to die one day and get rotten and make me shy on the eyes of people. Shame on you! All the expensive perfume I bought you and all the jewelry I decorated you meant nothing and proud I had for you vanish without any recognition.
Shame on you!
Shame on you taxmen, you take our hard earning money to misused. Shame of our chiefs in the ancient Africa, they have sold our lands for sweet and mirror for the colonist. Shame of the politician who sell the future of the land by being corrupt eating all the money not carrying about the future generation.
Shame on you!

Shame on you witches and the diseases: you have eaten all sort of people in the dark world: the magician, the mechanic of the corner, the engineer, the doctor dactylographer, cleaner or minister or a beggar. You have ruined people's life.
Shame on you!

Let conclude with John 3:16, For God loved so much the world that he gave his only begotten son, in order that everyone exercise faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. Think about it.

After the preaching the all church went mad. People screaming and calling for more while Zimboya was walking away.
Zaka Zaka Moba was very impressed too with the preaching but didn't like it too much because they were blaming politician. As an ex cop he felt that he was part of the criticized system. Then come another song. Zaka Zaka could hold anymore. He felt that he had to get out of the church as quick as possible to smoke. He has been seating in that char for more than two hours. What makes him want to smoke as soon as possible was the stress he got. The cold water thrown on his body, the stress of the preaching and being totally in a new environment.
He wanted to finish the service but the throat wanted a smoke. He wondered if really he will give up smoking. At some stage he was hoping that each cigarette he lighted was his last one. The next one was the last one and realized that he cannot live without the cigarette.

He had a clue already of his mission. No one talked about any murder or commented on Nashis' murder may be because she was from another congregation.
Zaka Zaka Moba rushed outside, get on his motorbike, and left the church straight to his house. Just when he got off. He opens his right pocket where it was a Ambassy packet of cigarette. He felt guilty that he went to church with a packet of cigarette into his pocket and the preacher touched about the cigarette. The answer and the solution for Zaka Zaka Moba was to never start smoking, now it is his big regret of his life.

He sat for a while to a veranda started meditating about his new trouble he has accepted. He thought that he supposed to turn down Kubeka's request to help him with the investigation. He said to himself, that Kubeka want him to help so he find all the killers in Nashis' death and why the animals went missing son when the election in less than two months takes place Kubeka and his opposition's leader Tshiluba will win the election and forget about the sweat promises they have made to people.

He hated this job and forced to retire soon than expected at 45 years and to return for one case after five years. The fifty years man sat watching the mangoes trees and leaves falling down. He sat and remembered how he ends up being a policemen rather than a mechanic man.

He was helping his big brother Ntambala in the garage in Tshale. Ntambala was his big mechanic who never went to college to study mechanic. He started repairing his uncle's truck as for fun. Helping the mechanics and drivers as an apprentice. Then, it developed to real love. He used to spend minutes, then hours in the work shop.
After many years working as a voluntary for his rich uncle, he ends up knowing and learning a lot about mechanic. He started thinking and dreaming about the car spare. He enjoyed wearing the blue mechanics uniform sleeping under the trucks.

Then something happen with the uncle, Ntambala who was married and had many wives and children especially girls took his fianc�. The only woman he loved. They tried to fix in their traditional way for the sin his uncle committed but killing many goats and chicken calling the village dignitaries and the tribe elders to fix the problem. Ntambala couldn't forgive; he decided to leave his uncle and his fianc�. It was just too strong for him, he tried to commit suicide many times but all the neighbours were aware of the shock of his life. They were following him whatever he goes. He tried to run away from the community but when he was about to commit the act there was always people coming to the rescue. He tried to commit suicide by fleeing people goes in the bush with a rob and kill himself but twice he was saved.
People were always on the watch for people who were disappointed in life and were so desperate to prevent them from making suicide.
The only time he almost succeeded was when he got a hand on the medical tablet and drank. When he was unconscious people come to his rescue. They make him drink a lot fats and oil, to save his stomach from being burned by the overdose of tablet.
Time is a big healer. After month of depression Ntambala accepted the drama he went throw a rich uncle who had many trucks taking away the only woman who he loved. He accepted the injustice of life and all the circumstances and tries to move on with his life. He opened in Tshale a garage and in less than two months he got many customers. Than he decided to call Zaka Zaka who was 14 years at the time to help him.

At 14 Zaka Zaka Moba could drive the car in the dusty street of Tshale. He become popular and had plenty of girl�s friends. But the lighting do not hit twice sometime at the same place. At 16 years old he met a beautiful woman of the same age, Lucia.
He was planning to get married the next years and already was renting his own place in Tshale. Something happen, Lucia accused Zaka Zaka Moba of forcing her to commit an abortion. Abortion was illegal in Zambia. They believed that a human life was never an accident. Committing abortion was the same as killing. They didn't believe in those things of planning when, how, where to get a child. Life of human was a mystery, they women in Zambia goes to see the doctors if the unborn baby has trouble. They don�t encourage of the modern machinery in the hospital of showing the unborn baby sex and position.
The parents and the community enjoyed the drama happening before the birth of a child. Was he going to be a male or a female? When exactly the child is coming. Those drama proceeding the birth it what makes the birth very mystery and a special gift that God gave to woman. They don't encourage the cesarean method of getting children unless if there is really a birth trouble. They had no right to determine when or which date the child will get born? They wanted a mystery and the women complained about the natural way of giving birth and that pain but it draws them closer to the born children. That pain that the mothers endure in giving birth, it call love and that unforgettable moment of life makes the mothers and children in giving a special bound. Those modern ways of easy birth without pain of setting date of giving birth was not just good for the Karma too to many African's view.

It was just after 5 in the evening that Lucia Mashimango arrived with the policemen on the door. When he opened the door, he saw his girl friend with two policemen. He didn't have even a chance to rest he was still in the blue duty mechanic uniform. There was a police van parked outside his room.
Two days before, Zaka Zaka Moba and Lucia Mashimango had an argument and he thought that it was just another argument. They had many in their six months relationship.
Strange enough those two policemen were strange to him. In Zambia they had only one police academy in Lusaka. All the policemen were from that academy. The two policemen were in their early twenty and took him at the back of the van and closed him like a lion that is being moved from another zoo to another one.
Strange again, he was expecting to be sent at the police station so he may contact his brother Ntambala or after interrogation he may be freed. He was very sure that he was innocent and Lucia never mention about the pregnancy. But the two policemen were enjoying driving with the government petrol on the street of Tshale.
They have just graduated and were proud of the police uniform and the respect they gave them. But they stopped at the fast food in Tshale. Lucia and the two policemen who were seating in the driver cabin. Went to that fast food and bought some foods. Then they seat at the table and started eating.
Zaka Zaka watched how his girlfriend was laughing with the policemen and eats together. Then he realized that one of the policemen was Lucia Bindo's boyfriend too.
With all the hunger he had, just arriving from work, unable to eat and on top of that this girl who made false accusation eating with the policemen. It makes him very angry and he started shouting and banging in that van: "This is my girl friend."
The policemen were laughing, putting in their month food. Lucia ignored him too. After many bangs. One of the policemen told him: "Shout up."
What a disappointment, he was realized just after twenty minutes of the questioning but he have witness what he never thought of seeing in his life. The accuser interacting with the policemen.
He lost trust in the policemen and decided to revenge. His revenge was to be a policeman too. Unfortunately Lucia Bindo was no more in the city to see him. She met another man and left the city after two years. The two policemen were transferred to rural area.

Zaka Zaka Moba like his brothers was all people who wanted revenge. It is why he becomes a top investigator. His brother Ntambala garage was still existing in Tshale even thought he died two years ago. All his children were mechanics. They never gone to school but were more respected than all the mechanics. Ntambala revenged to his uncle who took his fianc� and Zaka Zaka Moba revenged to be a policeman from the two policeman who took his girlfriend.
Zaka Zaka Moba who was married and was a father of five children has hoped that all his children to be farmers except the first born who was doing economics at university in Lusaka.
He realized that the continent needed food and wanted his children to learn more about farming in school and be the better farmer. He realized that people do not buy everyday clothes. They don't buy everyday furniture but like it or not they need to eat everyday. They don't ask for their stomach to be patient. In the Africa language they say that the biggest debt human and animal have is their food for their stomach. There is not formula or any advise to tell to a hungry stomach.
So he realized that if his future generation may be able to provide food, it will be a big blessing for the community. Even thought they may not be Billionaire like the people who deals with mines and oil but they will be happy like true African and provide food for many house hold. He will be smiling into his grave and enjoy of his journey on earth.

CHAPTER TREE: EYE FOR EYE, TEETH FOR TEETH.

The community was very inpatient for the police investigation. A group of thousand of resident vowed and marched mayor office and the police station. They chanted angry song carrying all sort of weapon seeking revenge on the killer of Nashi.
One small church was even burn down in process. At the other hand the police struggle o save two criminals who were angrily burn by the citizen. They vowed to their way of getting rid of criminals with the mob system called eye for eye teeth for teeth. Killing the suspected criminals before he is protect by the policemen and helped by the lawyers to be freed or go in a safe house called prison. Or before he is realized for insufficient proof or being realized on a warning or bail even if he has taken away a prestigious life.

The tension was so tense that the new mayor asked for soldiers from Lusaka to come and secure the city before it get out of hand. All eyes were in the coming elections.

People were very scared of soldier than the policemen. With all the law course the policemen did, they were very soft and rarely shoot but the soldier most of them had short temper and wanted to shoot like in the popular American movie; Rambo. They had all bizarre and strange nicknames like Rambo, Kojack, No fear, Death raw, easy with bullet, commando, Robocop...most of them taken from movies.

Prof Kubeka was aware that the population and people will never stop complaining. They don't stop complaining even when is very hot or even very cold. They complain in winter when is cold and in summer when is hot. When you give them your hand, they want the all hand. They will never stop complaining and are quick to forget. All they may do for them will never stop them of complaining, it was just the nature of humans.

Zaka Zaka Moba who was helping with the investigation needed time to capture all the people involved in the murder and the man who made the animals escape. He contacted the mayor and re affirms that the hit man was already known but he wasn't alone in that crime. He was send by someone to kill that woman. There are more than just a simply woman killed and decorated.

Prof Kubeka, was expecting all sort of drama after that matter. He calmed the citizen with his daily addresses on radio, that the man who eat a frog do not get pimple the same day. It takes time. He reassured that he has taken all the measure and the criminals will be caught. He urged that community to come with information leading to the arrest of the criminals and hundred thousands dollars is for grab.

Since that rewarded was announced the police station was full of all sort of people coming with information and none of them was even closer to get the criminals.
Tshale haven't experienced a single murder for the past five years except the incident when an elephant hunter shot his wife and people who were following him to kill him. The city of hundred thousand people never experienced any murder and the perpetrator not find too.

Zaka Zaka, the former investigator has done many investigations in the city; most of them were just petty crime of house breaking. The highest investigation he was doing was car hijacking. It is in those cases that he used to take even fingers print. Most of the criminals in those cases were from the civilized town of Lusaka working for a Congolese and Malawite syndicate. They used to steal a lot the four by four and cross the border and sell them in South Congo, Lubumbashi and some time from Lubumbashi some car were sent to the capital of diamond and witchcraft Mbuji Mayi. If the car is not sold to Congo, it was sold to Blantaya, Malawi. Few cars were sold in Angola especially in the city of Lwambo. If the car does not cross the border it was sold to the capital city Lusaka. There have been very few cases where the car has been sold to Harare and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe and Zambia had a lot in common too, not just because they were neighbouring but they had the same name South Rhodesia for Zimbabwe and North Rhodesia for Zambia.

Zaka Zaka had also investigated many cases such us people stealing animals in the neighboring. It was his duty to do all sort of investigation. He used to take all the investigation very seriously. And sometime he used to travel in the neighboring cities and even to Lusaka to complete the hijacking report.
The problem with all those neighboring countries is that the people spoke the same dialect. People living near the borders had relative at the other side of the country. The border were making very difficult for them to see each other often. The most challenging problem is that some had double nationalities. They could escape and enter the other land without problems.
Tshale who had no mine like many cities in Africa had a big treasure the elephant that were killed and the Ivories where highly in demand. So many businessmen were pouring for the Ivories and investing in that peaceful city. The buyers were rewarding the hunters with good money and the hunters were becoming the rich people in Tshale. Some of the buyers were from overseas. Some started investing in all sectors: farming, agriculture and plantation, tourism. The biggest company was the sugar company that employed thousand of workers and the Brewery.

The city has no beggar or any orphan. All those people who were jobless were farming and doing the own agriculture. This part of the continent had millions of hectare unexploited. They had only to ask for permission to the tribal chief an authorization to do plantation. Sometime when you have to use a very small space of few hectares you don't even to ask for permission, just use your courage to work. But you have to pay something when you have to use many hectares to the chiefs and the chief never refused. They were not asking also a lot of money. Then come a new trouble the government who wanted to money and many documents to let you use a big land. So it wasn't a problem for small peace of land but for the big one or semi industrial farm, you have first to contact the tribal chief and the government too.

The African lands were very different to Europeans or American lands were only the government has a say. But here it was the government and the traditional government of the chiefs. The chief had the support of all the people originated to that land even thought who have immigrated many years ago to town and the government had all sort of support, the security service, soldier...

The governments had an upper hand because it owns the army but were working hand in hand with the traditional government. The traditional governments with the people were able to lunch even guerilla attacks once there are unhappy with the use of their traditional lands. Even the big mining companies made sure to give some kind of money for the chief of the land exploited time to time even thought it was insignificant to what the government benefited. They make sure to repay the community to in building the schools, hospitals and other facility beside what the government may provide.

Tshale who was under the hand of the government had more than four chiefs at each side of the city. Each one knew the side of his land and the end.

Zaka Zaka Moba had another man that he was trusting. He used to help him with message and logic for the investigation. He was neither a prophet nor a witchdoctor. He was using the traditional stuff mix with the divinity from the Bible. He was called Kumbi Kumbi. The pressure was on him and the police to find quickly the killer so the population may come down before are too late.

Gurube Vulasa nicknamed Mr. Luck was living just one hour outside Tshale. He liked to consult him for the big case so he can give him advises how to proceed sometime. Gurube had many customers from the hunter wanting luck, to worker who wanted promotion at work and be loved by they bosses. The woman who wanted men and men who wanted perfect women. To people who wanted to be respected in the community and be famous. Some of his customers were even from far as Congo and Malawi.

People loved to have luck in life. They believed that luck was the major factor of success. Gurube Vulasa known as Mr. Luck was already in his late sixties and at that age alone he has witness and saw many things in life and it is what made him already wise in life.

Gurube used to give a lot advise and with many of the advises taken from the book of Proverbs and Psalms and other book of the Bible he help to solve people's problem. His remedy was he was giving people water and oil for all sort of trouble. He blesses the water and the oil. The water was often used to chasse the bad spirits and the oil used for drink for all kind of disease and sort of problems.

Mr. Luck uses also few traditional plants root for his customers. He mixes the spirit of ancestors and the Bible. People loved him because he respected the Bible and the same time never undermines the African religion. He often tells to his customers that there is no culture that is inferior to another. All the culture and religions were equaled as long that they suit the people of that country or region.

The pastors, the preacher called him a false prophet who misleads people with his doctrine. And the other traditional doctors and witchcraft doctor called him a lost son. Who mixes his practices with Christianity?
Gurube Vulasa blames African of forgetting and leaving their ancestors religion and tradition for the western one. He blamed also the colonist of trying to undermine the gods and religion they find in make it inferior.

He was a known as a man with simple practice including Christianity and traditional and at the same time giving advises from his experience as an old man. Gurube in the local tradition meant pork. It was his family name but people who were against him make fun of his name that he was a pork who eat all kind of food: meat and vegetable mixing tradition and Christianity. A man who was not hot or cold.

The pork was one of the dustiest animals in the land eating all sort of food and enjoying playing in the mud. But when it comes to eat the pork he was one of the favorite meats. The pork meat does not last longer on the market table. People loved the fat meat and the taste of his food. It only people from other kind of Christianity sect or congregation who were forbidden to eat that meat.

Zaka Zaka Moba wakes up Wednesday morning. After dressing himself, he smokes a cigarette before starting hide motorbike. A man who has learnt the mechanic art from his defunct brother Ntambala, Zaka Zaka used to take care of his a farming machinery and tractors himself. He used also to fix his motorbike. As a mechanic he knew that all the driver when they drive they cars and bike they hear are on the sound of the engine. They knew when the engine is crying and something is wrong. They knew the usual and unusual sound of the engine.
His Yamaha 200 cc was still in good condition. He loved it because it takes less petrol. He didn't have to worry a lot of the petrol rise price. But hated it when it was raining. Never the less, he knew that in everything there is advantage and disadvantage but choose where there is more advantage than disadvantage. For him the motorbike had more advantages.
He wanted to see Gurube Vulasa early before many client pour out. He arrived at around eight at the house of Gurube. But he was wrong they were already two women waiting for him in the big veranda. Gurube Vulasa lived alone in a big space. It house that in inherited from a leaving colonist more than twenty years ago. It was a white house with many rooms and a big veranda outside with a bench that can accommodate more than thirty peoples.
One of his living rooms was used as the office room. That house was a lonely kind of house built in the middle of the bush with no neighbours surrender by many Mangoes and other trees. Very scary house but good for the kind of people like Gurube.
The house was surrounded by many sounds of bird and animals. People were very scared to live and take that house because of the bushes around. The colonist who owned the house didn't bore to leave it and return to his native country. Without paying any cent, Gurube Vulasa took the opportunity to inherit the house without being blood related to the owner. How lucky were some people who inherited the colonist properties. Unfortunately most of the people who inherited those properties and businesses didn't succeed in life. They lost everything they inherited. It is not easy to inherit a business and not knowing how it run.

Gurube Vulasa, who just opened his old entrance door. It was a heavy wooden that was so noisy it was easy to hear the noise from meters far always. That makes the house scary is that it had no electricity in the middle of the bush. Even his family members were scared to live in that house. He lived there permanently alone. His biggest visitor was his two wives who were not permanent there and his two grand children who often come each weekend. It was also good for Gurube Vulasa because he had plenty of time to make meditation and talk to many clients.

Gurube Vulasa saw the two women and Zaka Zaka but decided to talk to Zaka Zaka Moba. He knew Zaka Zaka Moba since many years, but since he relocated to Muvango five years ago, he didn't see him. He hugged him wishing him: "Welcome back. Why it took you so long?"
Zaka Zaka respected Gurube Vulasa as a motivator speaker even thought the local people called him a prophet, a healer, a traditional doctor. He was able to mix all those things to help people to get answers and bring out the best in his clients in motivating them.

Zaka Zaka Moba was happy to see Gurube Vulasa still very much stronger and was in a good mood. It is always a blessing to meet an old man and a good sign too. "I decided to return from my grave just for one investigation and returns were I am buried."
Gurube Vulasa knew very well that Zaka Zaka Moba was forced to retire. Some corrupt official have made his job very difficult. He risked his life and he refused to die young without investing into his village Muvango. He covered numbers of cases where some police official and politicians were involved too.
Zaka Zaka Moba refused to be consulted before the two women who were before him. Even thought Gurube Vulasa respected him more than the woman. Zaka Zaka Moba had a big respect of any woman like in the African culture where they say that all the women are mother. They carry children for 9 month. Happiness or unhappiness in any mother concerning any child will be curses not blessing. He knew the importance of woman. In Africa they say to educate one man is to educate one man but to well educate a woman is a better education of the entire society. A woman well educated will educate well the children and the children will also teach well their children from the advice they got from their mother. It is just a good education that will be passed to many generations. But men do spend very little time with children and do not educate them.
Gurube Vulasa refused to let outside Zaka Zaka Moba and decided to receive the two women and Zaka Zaka the same time.
They entered Gurube Vulasa living room. Quiet dark inside even thought Gurube opened the window. It has a big long carpet and four classic chairs. The living room that the former owner of the house had.

They sat and Gurube Vulasa asked the first woman to tell her problem before he charges him with the consultation's fees.
Sanga the first woman who was in her early thirties but look at more than thirties because of many stresses. She started by telling Gurube: "I am tired."
She was tired with her husband cheating. His husband who was in his early forties acted like a teen boy.
Her husband when got married to her more than fifteen year ago was a very quiet man and was even scared to approach women. Sanga family's arranged the marriage in choosing him as her husband.
Sanga started laughing at his husband calling him a dull because apparently he never has any previous love story because he never had a girl friend before Sanga. Many men have experienced love with other women before getting marriage.
Then suddenly Sanga's husband after many years of marriage, he started getting other woman. It was one then many. He becomes even irregular at Sanga's house. Sometime he comes park his car outside and chart with children and give money for school and other need then disappear.
He become like a visitor at his own house.
She has tried all she could try to bring back her husband but the husband lost interest to Sanga.
The woman insisted: "I tried to cook him nice food but he doesn't even come to eat. I tried to change look and even go to gym to loose weigh thinking that I am too fat for him but he doesn't even return to the house. I planted plastic hair on my head: from the blonde long hair to dark hair and even long red hair."

Her husband was even nicknamed, Johnny walker from that brand beer because he used to walk around to many different women. It look that he wanted to return to teenage age and made up of all he has lost in that age.

Zaka Zaka Moba felt pity for the young woman who wanted to loose weight while she was thin. Zaka Zaka Moba who was committed to his wife said to himself that man are cruel. There are the first one to approach the woman, then once the woman give her hand they get fed up while the woman who was the last one to say yes become slave of love.

Sanga felt humiliated that some of her rival were school kids aged about 15 years...She fought with some of those young energetic girl who kept her husband away from her.
Gurube Vulasa answered: "This is real a very easy equation. Your husband is tired of the same food everyday."
Gurube Vulasa told the in detail what it meat by eating the same food everyday that people get tired of eating of doing the same thing everyday. She needed to change the food and the tactic. He recognized that Sanga did a big mistake in mocking her husband that was against their tradition of failing to respect the man. He told he that the husband has found other women who give him what he wants.
Most of the times the women fail to treat a man well and when he got someone who treat him very well he forget. Someone who when he arrive at his place show interest in him. Taking off his shoes, taking off his jacked and give him the various food.
He didn't need to give the woman and special remedy by told: "Go and do like did Kabunji."
The story of Kabudgi was a very popular story that all the villagers know and many African knew in the region.
Kabunji went to see a witchcraft doctor to get the medicine or substance so her husband will love her more.
The witchdoctor asked her to bring him the live Lion's hair skin (mane).
It was a very challenging demand to get the hair of a live lion not even dead. So she went in the dangerous bush well known for Lion. She brought meat to the lion each time she was going in that forest. And used to hide on the straight long trees.
After many attempt the lion, realize that the woman hiding on top of the tree is the one bringing her food every time. Then the lion's that was furious at the beginning started showing a sign of affection to Kabunji.
Then after a long time she started approaching the lion. And the lion got used to her and eventually got the opportunity to cut some of the lion's skin hair and went to give to the witchdoctor. Then the witchdoctor told her: "Go and do the same to your husband."
People loved that story that meant a lot. Gurube Vulasa said that those African wise stories could have been written too into and African collections of book like the Bible were the coming generation who are rapidly loosing their root may learn. He opened the Bible and told the woman the Kabunji story should be compare to the story of Tobi, Joshua, especially Esther, Samson why not to the story of Joel, Amos, Job.
It teaches people to be patient like Kabunji who went to see the lion many times. It didn't happen over night. She killed her fear to fight for the thing she wanted the most in life. To bring back the love of her husband. It teaches courage and especially teaches how to treat well and husband.
Many women were forgetting to well treat the husband and going against the African tradition. Some woman ignore their men when arrives at home. They were thinking that once they have children the husband will not run away. And many men for the respect of children don't leave their wife but goes to find other women and become polygamous. Some time they get bored because getting the same treatment everyday. It was like eating the same kind of food everyday. It was like eating the same kind of food everyday. Men want a variety of treatment today they eat chicken, tomorrow cow's meat and mixed with vegetable...not chicken everyday. Gurube Vulasa said that woman should learn to vary too.
Polygamous was part of the African tradition but Gurube said that many men are not planning to become polygamous but many turn to it as an escape to the treatment they get. As divorce is not in the African tradition they use Polygamous as escape or interpret it as divorce.
For woman when they get another man it was cheating but for a man when he gets another woman it was part of the culture or polygamous. Polygamous existed only for men not for women.
Zaka Zaka Moba was happy with the explanation of Gurube. He never regret each time he visit this man. He always comes with African logical advice.
He asked the woman to give him 5 000 Kwatcha about 10$ as consultation fees and asked Sanga to return time to time and give progress of how her husband respond to her new treatment. He concluded in telling the woman before she leaves: "If Kabunji was able to win the heart of the king of the forest lion. How difficult it will be to win the heart of a human's been like you?"
Gurube Vulasa was not forcing to give special advises. He once told Zaka Zaka one day: "The answer is always in you. I will help you to make see or realize and find that answer you have in you."
Zaka Zaka Moba remembers how this respected man told him one day: "There is no specific formula or rule in life. Because all the people and events are unique like different food: Avocado, Banana, Mango..."

Gurube Vulasa wanted to get ride of the woman so he may talk to his long time customer Zaka Zaka. He asked the second woman Musumba to present her problem.
Musumba who was twenty years old and look at young because she had no children and has been married only for two months.
Musumba was consult this wise man for the first time told him: "Wise man, I am From Kibongo a village situated Twenty kilometers from Tshale."
She heard a lot about Gurube Vulasa. And decided to come and solve her problem is seeing this man. She had passed her two night in Tshale were she stayed for a while with her sister. She said: "doctor, I have two problems."
Gurube told her: " would love to be called Wiseman rather doctor or prophet. I use the African tradition mix with the new civilization from the book newly exposed in Africa Bible to make understand people and bring out the solution and the answer within yourself."
Musumba apologized: �beg for your forgiveness Wiseman."
"Go on, my daughter."
"First, I want more customers for my husband business."
Gurube Vulasa was quiet for a while listening to Musumba then he asked her: "Which kind of business?"
The woman answered immediately: "He makes coffin".
"So you want people to die so your husband gets more customers?" Gurube said "When others are mourning their loved one, you are happy to make money?"
"No, Wiseman."
Zaka Zaka Moba didn't see anything wrong with Musumba demand. All the people want to be successful with all their doing. It was normal unfortunately in this new world the cry of other will be the joy of others and the joy of other is the cry to other. It was just the consequence of the new civilization where every body is fighting for survival. What used to be bad as become normal and the normal has become bad. No one wanted to walk semi naked anymore wearing animal skin or sleep in the house build with plant's trees. And it was a heavy price to pay in exchange of the new civilization.
Gurube Vulasa who was rushing for time told Musumba: "Let not waste time on this first dilemma. Tell your husband to improve the quality of his coffin: better quality and the same time sell them at the reasonable price."
Zaka Zaka Moba accepted this advice given to Musumba. Sometime people want to earn a lot, very quiet and easily. If you want to be the best you have to do the best quality product. It may take time and a lot of afford. And make sure not wanting to put a high price that people won't afford.

Zaka Zaka Vulasa remembered how some corrupt hospital workers in collaboration with coffin's maker once turn off the emergency electric machines ten years ago so people may die in large number and they may sell more coffins. This story happens in Lusaka and he was called there too to help for a long investigation. Many people who were in coma died as consequence of that act.
Zaka Zaka Vulasa remembered a story he read in the local new paper: Tshale Times. Where he read a story that happened in Mali. Where the medical personnel poisoned the drinking water from a village there so people may get sick and come to them for the medicine.

Then Musumba told the Wiseman. "Please can I talk to you in private for the second problem?"
"Don't be shy" Gurube Vulasa said "Zaka Zaka the man seating here is not a stranger."
Zaka Zaka quick understood and agreed with Gurube and decided to go outside. He was a smoker and wanted to take outside and smoke for a while. Even thought he knew Gurube, there was no reason for him to know other's people's problems.
He went outside, just when he open the door, he saw already about five people waiting for the Gurube outside. It was just after ten in the morning. He decided to walk further in the trees in Gurube's yard to smoke far from other people waiting Gurube. He learnt how warm full the cigarette was to other's people. They may not like the smell and they are the one who may get sick and exposed to the smoke. He learnt as an African to respect other. He knew the popular African proverb: "Your freedom start where finish yours."
Then after five minute admiring the untidy Gurube's large and dangerous garden. He saw some places where Gurube Vulasa has planted some roots to help him for the practices instead of traveling far to get the required roots and plant. Even thought he has planted some traditional medical trees in the garden, he travels once a week to the village very far to buy from other traditional healers some plants, roots and especially animal organs he often uses. He saw Musumba leaving the Gurube's house and fixing her hand bag. He suspected that she had show him something from that big bag or have put some medicine that Gurube Vulasa may have given her or she has just took out some money from that bag to pay the Wiseman or may be one or two or tree of all those thought. She looks much more happy and was rushing with her hand bag.
He entered the doctor room just in time. Gurube Vulasa was his long time advisor. They used to tease each other as Gurube Vulasa started: "You have resurrected."
"I come from my grave to fix just one problem and return to my grave that lye in Muvango."
"I am happy to see you gain."
They charted for many things before trying to tackle the reason that brings Zaka Zaka here. He talked about the challenges he meet as a farmer and how he loved the job and his retirement.
Gurube Vulasa knew that even thought Zaka Zaka Moba left the house to make Musumba comfortable to tell her problem. Gurube felt that he must have been curious somehow to know what Musumba wanted to tell her in secret.
He tried to please his curiosity in telling little about Musumba's second problem. She wanted a remedy to help his husband to improve their sexual life. He said that he get everyday those kinds of customers wanting man to be superman in bed. But he said that it was just a common problem and one of the answers to that problem is that many African's man and woman rush in the act. Many don't know the act of kissing. He said that his advice and teaching regarding this common problem is that he teaches women and men to spend more time in kissing. It looks like kissing was never part of the African love making. Many women and men married for many years, many don't know that act. Many of the customers expect to get some roots to improve their sexual life. And the respond after the advice is always positive. Then after teaching women and men how to kiss then give them the African roots called Patafubwa to delay the ejaculation and make the act and emotions much longer. It is a common tree in this part of the world.
But Zaka Zaka Moba was amazed to hear that Gurube Vulasa teaches people how to kiss and one thing come into his mind and he asked Gurube Vulasa: "So tell me how you teach the people how to kiss?"
He wondered if he kisses the female or men customers who come for love improvement request.
But Gurube Vulasa laughed and answered: "An investigators or detective will always be an investigators detective. The one who drank before will always drink."
Zaka Zaka Moba laughed for while waiting for Gurube Vulasa to answer. Gurube continued: "You want to investigate on me now?"
Zaka Zaka Moba laughed and refused to answer. He knew that Gurube will answer to the question.
Gurube Vulasa who was seating stand. He went to a cupboard that was next to the wall and opens a black clothes covering it. It was a television scream with a video machine next to it. And on top of the television there was some Porno magazine.
Zaka Zaka Moba wondered how it works because there was no electricity in the house. But before he even asks the question he saw a small blue Petrol electrical machine.
Then Gurube Vulasa started explaining that every Wednesday. He calls all his patient who has problem to come and watch the love scene. But in the morning it is a women turn to watch and the afternoon it is a men turn. But he said that he has cut some inhuman unmoral hard core scene from the selected video to suit it to the African tradition and moral. Even in some of the book on top of the machine.
He makes sure to leave the women alone watching those scenes and Gurube Vulasa's wife help them to explain. He helps mostly the men.

Zaka Zaka Moba knew that Gurube Vulasa will never do something fishy because he never had any complain. Zaka Zaka Moba have heard many complain and arrested many traditional healers and even some high profile members of the independent Christian sects sleeping with their female customers. Many wanting to show the women, many of them who come to ask to get pregnant. So to experiment their treatment their sleep with them. He has successfully arrested nine people for rape.

He knew that if Gurube Vulasa was involved in that scheme, he could have lost his dignity and could have been in jail too. But he blamed himself for putting a pressure to Gurube so he may come clean. He felt shame that Gurube Vulasa was not a bad teacher. He was still a true wise African man. But it was just part of their talks. They were used to each other and Gurube Vulasa has helped him to find the logic to catch many criminals.

He understood why Gurube's fees were much expensive compare to others healer. Many healer charge much less than Gurube. He has to maintain his standard of practice, the African one that was cheap and the modern that was expensive, the cost of all the equipments and the cost of the petrol for electricity.

Gurube then explained that he uses too the Petrol electrical machine too for the light and run other equipment for his own sake but only at night. He uses for onlu two or tree hours at night. Zaka Zaka who knew Gurube for many years was not aware of that because he never visited Gurube at night and never consulted him for sex remedy.

Gurube closed the cupboard with the black clothes and come back to Zaka Zaka saying: "Well well, eyes for eyes teeth for teeth. How can I help you today?"

Zaka Zaka Moba laughed after hearing these words. The community wanted the mobbing of the criminal in using this revenge method and at the same time the law wanted eye for eye in patiently catching the criminal punishing them in putting them in the prison or even by the death penalty sentence.
He responded: "Eye for eye and teeth for teeth."
Then he told the story to Gurube who already gave heard the murder of Nashi and the animals disappearing breaking into their captivity and going in the wild forest some where found but some where still missing especially the dogs.
Gurube left Zaka Zaka for a while and went in his bedroom. Zaka Zaka felt bored and open the Bible that was on the table without intending to choose any specific verses as he wasn't good with verses.
Eight years ago he visited a man called prophet who used to help people with the solution of their problems in opening the Bible straight and on the verses his eyes went first were the answers of their problem. That man was called Comitisa. But he relocated to Lusaka after many years of the practices in Tshale.
He decided to use the Comitisa method, he open the Bible his eyes went first to Matthew 27:5, So he threw the silvers pieces into the temple and withdrew, and went off and hang himself.
The words that caught Zaka Zaka was hang himself. He wondered what the passage meant. Then he decided to close the Bible and reopen again. Then to Luke 9:50, the second part of the scripture was: Do not you men try to prevent, for he that is not against you is for you.
Zaka Zaka sweated immediately and got scared: "Do not prevent?"
The words hang himself and do not prevent seems to tell him to commit suicide. If wondered what the Comitisa method was telling him?
Then with he felt dizzy and Gurube return. He sat and apologized for taking long. Even for the Wiseman this case was complicated.

Zaka Zaka Moba refused to tell him that he got already a suspected hit men but his scared that if he rushed in arresting him, the other criminals who hired him will disappeared and run. It wasn't easy to arrest a man who fled from justice in this part of the continent. He may cross the border or relocated in other city and he may loose everything.

Zaka Zaka remember one of the case he almost lost to arrest the boss of a hijacking syndicate. He remembers that he arrested two of his boys who were sending to steal car. But it was important to arrest the man head of the organization. He hated that investigation and didn't want even to recall it again. Dudu as he was known escaped when he heard the news that some of his boys were arrested.
Zaka Zaka Moba managed to chasse him to Lusaka where the main headed first. He remembers that he chooses to sleep in a cheap hotel and that was a mistake of his life. He remembers how he saw prostitute showing their private parts like in a fashion show at the reception.
He was tired and needed to rest for a while and continue his investigation at night. Next door were two night club and his booked room was on the first floor.
He went in the room and couldn't sleep. The night club music was so loud that he could even hear people drinking and cheering. He went back to the reception to ask for the change of room hoping to get a peacefully room and rest after driving at high speed for many hours. His mind and body was very tired.
On his way to the reception, he met some prostitutes on the stairs touching him and not scared to touch is private part. He regretted of witnessing the death of the African culture. He has just turned forty that time and some of the prostitutes look young like his daughter.

Arriving at the reception complaining to the woman receptionist who was now seating with his boy friend who was touching her legs: "Please, can you change me. I need a quiet room; I don't want to witness hell."
Instead, the receptionist told him: "It is weekend and all the rooms are already booked. You took the last room."
Zaka Zaka Moba confused didn't have enough cash in his pocket to book for expensive room in a other hotel. He decided to leave all he was doing when he heard that Dudu was on the run in Lusaka. Lusaka a very large city it could have been impossible to catch him, if he gives him to much time. He was scared that he even crosses the border. In a time where the fingers prints were new in the land and many citizens were not even recorded yet.
The receptionist boyfriend comforted him: "There is no nice room in this hotel. It is a price all the people sleeping in cheap hotel are enduring. Be strong or drink some beer so you may sleep."
He wondered if it was a plot of the hotel owners and hotel owner to make people buy beer.
He returned into his hell room for thirty minutes. It was just after nine in the evening. He decided to join the drinker in one of the night club, drink a lot so he may sleep as a dead man and not hearing the loud music.

Tshale was just a paradise compare to big cities. He saw what he always see in the movies and read in the papers. Prostitutes and drank people all over the place. Zaka Zaka Moba felt the need of replanting the African tradition. Prostitution that didn't exist in the African tradition was just a consequence of money and new civilization. Zaka Zaka who was much disciplined saw even some respected people around there. Then a word he heard many years ago run into his mind: "People are insulting prostitutes in day�s time but in the dark time they all run to them to taste them."
In the African city women who used to wear so bad during the days were insulted even beaten by people. Many people complained that the unAfrican way of dressing is the main cause leading to rape and the none respect of the African tradition.
People were urging people who expose their private, sensitive part to walk naked instead of walking semi naked. People called that system of wearing short clothes exposing body sensitive part as show clothes or bedroom clothes.

Zaka Zaka Moba drank many beers hoping to return into his room sleep like a dead and the morning to catch Dudu the criminal. He lied on his ordinary room. The room had no television, no telephone...It was like any ordinary room with white popular sheet. He lied for thirty minutes but the sleep seems not to come. Sleeping in that hotel was not even safe. He had his gun ready for any attack. Many people have been attacked even robbed and killed in those kinds of hotels.
Then next door, he hears two people couple making love. A man who never watches a porno movie was hearing the strange noise next door. He thought that this must be a prostitute with his client. Then he realized that the hotel rooms were not separated by wall it must have been painted and decorated boxes. May be the hotel rooms to make more rooms decided some rooms into two or tree to have more rooms.
And the drama lasted for long. Zaka Zaka Moba swore never to return to this kind of hotel. He swore that if he doesn't have enough cash, he should sleep in the police station in Lusaka instead of cheap hotel.
It is only around two in the morning that he caught the sleep. But already around five he wake up and decided to leave the hotel.
But he heard again the strange noise next door. The couple was back on their practices. Then while fixing is documents before taking the bath. He heard a baby crying. Then something comes into his mind: "How come the couple made love last night and this morning the woman was impregnated and gives birth after few hours?"
He stopped what he was doing for a while. The answer was that that couple were a married couple who were from Zimbabwe and were on their way to Congo and stopped by that hotel. They had already a baby with them.
Zaka Zaka Moba walked to the public bathroom hotel that was used by everybody couldn't even bath. The bath rooms had no door and were very duty, no door but people didn�t mind to bath.
Zaka Zaka Moba walk out of the hotel very disappointed and still tired and was committed to continue his job.
The only good news is that he managed to catch the criminal at the other side of the borders after two days. This arrest brought a lot respect in the community and police service but brought a lot jealousy too. Some of his colleagues were pleased and some were jealous of his success.

It wasn't easy to catch this big criminal. He knew that the police were following him. He knew that this time his chance of escaping the jail was so mere (small). Dudu who weighted more than 100 kilogram�s. He was in his early fifty and has been in and out of the jail for the past 30 years. Not only he has a huge body but he was also very rich. He was able to corrupt many officials to walk free on street. He was able to hire expensive lawyer to defend him and had many connection too. At the time of his arrest the Zambia minister of defense was his son in law. He had beautiful women giving birth to admired daughters.
Zaka Zaka Moba remembered a popular proverb saying that money do not smell. Duty money or clean one. The women loved him because he could provide them with what they needed. Some of her children and nephew were highly educated from the respected institution in Zambia. That alone gives him a lot connection and made him untouchable even thought many people in the land new that he was criminal but everybody respected him. Arresting Dudu was a big victory for justice.
He remembered that Dudu crossed the Beth Bridge border to Zimbabwe but he was helped by the immigration official who knew that he was a policeman and let him cross the border within five minutes.
He found Dudu eating in the restaurant at the border post. Dudu when saw him was not even intimidated.
While he was busy reciting their usual sentence: "You have the right to stay silence..."
"Go away" Dudu said "don't you see that I am eating?"
Dudu was unimpressed and slapped him. While Zaka Zaka Moba was busy re starting the sentence. Dudu reminded him: "What, did I tell you? I am eating stupid."
He pushed him; he felt down and started hitting him like a soccer ball. And he returned to his restaurant table and continues to eat while Zaka Zaka was in left in pain.
It was with the help with the soldier at the border that Zaka Zaka managed to arrest him but seriously injured.
He returned home as a wounded hero. The media, all the newspapers managed to praise him for the next two weeks. Zaka Zaka Moba was the headline of all the printing media.

Zaka Zaka Moba refused to tell his advisor Gurube Vulasa that he has identified the hit men. He was scared to loose the other people in the case. He leant from the previous experiences.
But he told Gurube about the suicide thought after reading some passages in the Bible. Gurube told him: "You must be very careful in interpreting the verses. All the verses may suit the excuses. And some may become Satanic or demoniacs and some angelic. You are educated and wise enough. I don't expect you to form a suicide sect next."
It was not the first time Zaka Zaka Moba heard about suicide. As a school boy, he once went to the library to ask for a suicide book and the librarian refused to give him the book saying: �If I give you the suicide book, and you kill yourself. Who will bring back the book to the library?"
Zaka Zaka Moba was relieved. Gurube Vulasa was more a motivator to him. He told him not to be pressurized by the people expectation. As the mayor Prof Kubeka said that people will always complain in summer when is hot and in winter when is cold.
Gurube Vulasa heard all the comment from the mayor on the radio as all the people. He told him that church or sect�s leaders are human's too have good and bad side. But he doesn't have to jump in conclusions. The murders may be any body.
Zaka Zaka Moba gave him 20$ for the one and half hours session he has with Gurube.
Gurube Vulasa knowing the importance of the case for the people of Tshale and the all Zambia he took his time to motivate Zaka Zaka. It was more as a motivational session and it brought confidence in the client.

When Zaka Zaka Moba got out of the rooms. He found about 12 people waiting for Gurube outside. He lights a cigarette before getting on his motorbike. Satisfied he decided to continue with this case before retiring again from this service. It was a make or break for Zaka Zaka Moba.
He decided to continue investigating in the sects and churches plus in the community the possible murders.
Also he was trying to report to the police station hoping to get information that may lead to the arrest of criminals. But hundreds of people come with all sort of information and none of them were useful. They all wanted to have a hand on the jackpot lotto of hundred thousand dollars offered by the mayors.
He was determined more than ever to bring the criminals to justice not to let them escape. Eye for eye teeth for teeth. He believed that forgiveness never exist it existed they could never be a prisons. He believed in the direct or indirect compensation: sentence.

Many questions were still in the mind of the people. Why Nashi's killer decided to decorate that woman as Jesus Christ. He tried but it look like he had very few knowledge of the Bible and fail to decorate the dead woman they way Jesus was killed? Why he choose to decorate her?

Why the dogs that used to bag and wake up the community so they will

Catch the criminal? Why the unpaid securities dogs were silence and run instead of bagging? It what made this made a mystery.

CHAPTER FOUR: THE LION'S SHIT.

Zaka Zaka Moba missed his daily work of farming. He loved that work and it was a dream comes true to be able to relocate in rural area and do farming. But he wasn't expecting to retire at 45 years old. It only challenges of life that makes him to leave the job for his safety.

He had tree farm in Muvango. The first one was situated at about 10 kilometers South of Muvango from the unpaved road from Tshale. It has about 180 hectares. He was planting maize in that farm. He managed to use two tractors for this space plus hiring refugee from the war torn country Angola to help him to cultivate. Those refugees who have lost many of their loved one and possession had very little choice in Zambia. They were a cheap labor that anyone could afford. This farm was one of biggest income. The product from this farm where easily taken by trucks and sent to Tshale and Lusaka to be sold. It is in this farm that he spent most of his time.
Zaka Zaka with his mechanic knowledge was able to fix the tractors once they are broken but sometime the petrol price was too expensive to use them every time. So the cheap labour from Angola could help him with the projects.
The problem with this labour is that they were not helping him for years. The refugee time to time will leave the village and relocate in other towns where they could get a better job. They were using this king of work just to help them to live while in the village.
The other fear he had is that once peace return to Angola, he may loose most of them. Only about 8 out of sixty Angolese of shown him a insurance that they may live for many years in the area because they were married to the local women. The other were coming and going so he was always in need of labour.
Another industrial farmer with much more resources was a big challenge because it was much bigger with about 200 employee and was taking away some of employee for a better salary. The owner of the farm Peter Andrew was an Australian who was specialized in flowers that he exports in the European country. The other newly comer who was well established in South Africa Mr. Brian Du Toit who was coming to implant an industrial plantation in the area. Many people suspect that is farm was going to be the biggest one in North of Zambia. He was going to take many of his employees. So Zaka Zaka farm that was growing too, he was planning to increase the refugee income so he may not loose many of them. He lost some of experienced employee already.

Zaka Zaka took this life time opportunity to make a living from the farms and his earning was more than hundred times what he used to earn as a policemen. But only when the harvest time come in the beginning of summer when he sells the products. He was saving more money than he was spending. He had to save money to pay the monthly salary of employee and at the same time save money for himself because he had no monthly income. He had no load but applied for a bank load. He wasn't that sure too to get a load too. So he had to save money to buy more machinery and tractors. The two tractors he had were too small for the large land so the refugees were cultivating more land than the tractors.
Zaka Zaka learnt to respect the seller of fruits at the corners of the street of big town rather than CEO of the company. Because those seller were doing marketing, accounting and all the work themselves. He learns the challenges that meet the businessman than the highly paid employees. He spends the last five years in saving rather than buying. Hoping really to enjoy the fruit of his hard work after many years of sacrifices.

The second farm was situated next to the Congoloze border Kasumbalesa. It was at about tree hour�s drive from Muvango when he uses his motorbike. He used to visit it sometime once a week. It was a palm farm. It has about 7 hectares and was under construction. He uses to plant the plants hoping that in the next five years, he will be earning a lot money from this farm. The soil next to Kasumbalese was rich for the palm plantation. The palms were sold to soap companies and some to extract oil for sell. He was planning to buy the machinery to start extracting the domestic oil. This was one of his biggest assets. He had only four villagers looking and working at this farm.

Then come one of his crazy project. A land situated at about 15 kilometers North of Muvango. It was situated deep in the jungle and the forest. He often visits this farm only once every two weeks. He realizes that even thought in many part of Africa people are starving but there is many virgins and unexploited land. Africa was not like Europe or America where all the land where occupied. But here many lands were still unexploited while the governments concentrate on the minerals resources that will get finish after years of exploitation. What they needed in Africa is to ask permission to the local chiefs and a government to start exploiting. The villagers who were doing the farming use a very small part of the land because using the manual method of farming.

His third farm had about 10 hectares big. He had two full time employees in this land. He was planning to build a guest house in the middle of the forest and hoping to use it as guest house for tourist. He wanted to make it a hunting lodge for curious tourists who want to adventure in the dangerous bushes.
He realizes that many tourists coming to Africa wanted to visit the lions and elephants in the bushes. They were not impressed with the European look alike building and infrastructure in the African towns. They wanted the bushes.
So he bought this land expecting to start building a guest house in two years time. But mean time to keep that land he was hiring the villagers to plant the maize and the cassava. Here, he had no tractors or permanent employees. He used to give villager used clothes that he buys in Lusaka in exchange for their labour.
Those villagers were very unpredictable. Living in the deep forest had no need for money. They were not much disciplined either. They work when they want for Zaka Zaka Moba and the next day they go to their farm. They only wanted clothes from Zaka Zaka.
Because of the attitude of many villagers, he bought twelve cows to help him to push an old farming trailer. So the two men he hired help to lead the animals. The other challenge is that those cows were not used to this kind of hardship. Even thought they were eating the best herbs food in the land they were not raised to push the trailer. They get tired quickly and the same time they were very slow to push the trailer. It was very difficult to guide them even thought he takes two cows and immobilized them with a self made big trees on their head. They seem to walk a different direction.
He even decided to sell them and buy in Kenya from Masai tribe they well disciplined cows. That project was to be at the end of the years when he travels to Kenya in the East Africa.
This farm situated next to the mountain called Majimbo was called Majimbo too. The challenges he met here is that it was very difficult to take the products from this farms and sell in the big town. There were no roads for cars only foot road for villagers, bicycles and motorbike. Even the pastors and priest who were implanting their churches here used the bicycles and motorbike. Sometime he uses to hire women to transport the product to the near by road, and then hire a truck to transport them. The owner too needed only African peace of clothes made in Lusaka. They look like a decorated peace of sheet.
They were very strong women, able to transport even many kilograms of products on their head with sometime babies tied with a sheet on their back. He learnt to respect the rural women who were hard worker to feed numerous children.
The other challenge he met with many villager were wild animals. Especially Elephants. They used to destroy in few hours many hectares of plantation. They walk in groups and sometime in a group of two hundred elephant. Every time they pass in the land, they destroy many plantations.
He used also this farm Majimbo for his pleasure. He used to go in that farm together with his sons, nephew and friend sometime to hunt for pleasure.

Zaka Zaka promised to the mayor of the city Prof Kubeka that he got the hit man in two days. Thanks to the experience that he acquire in the 5 years working in the rural area. What many policemen couldn't find he found it in two days? They kept searching houses all over and interrogating numerous people. In Tshale he kept the identity of the killer to himself. Without the knowledge of the killer he made his near by road his own road. Every time he goes to the church or police station he passes by that road near by name Zikondo. It was the way to monitor the moves of the killer while no body was aware.
In the city were the community were very vigilant and wanted no crimes thousands of people were unable to identify the killer even with that 50 millions Kwatwa about100 000$ award. It was a lot of money. Even the local lotto jackpot never reaches that amount.
The people in that area relied more on the bagging of their domestic dogs. Once there is a robber late at night, the dogs� bags and their owner come out and see the criminal. They scream alert the other neighbours and chasse the robbers until they catch him.
In this city the pity robbers has changed their tactics. They often still during the day once the people goes to work or are away. Sometime they have to come with bones give the dog�s bones. While the dogs are busy fighting to eat the bones, they break into the house. And do not kill if they find accidentally someone in the house.
The butchers also were very committed to stop crimes. They changes tactics of throwing the bones far or burn it so the robbers do not get a hand on the bones.
Even thought the dog were the security of people. Many people were not nourishing well their dog and the dogs were easily corruptible with the bones. The dogs look often themselves their food in the street corners beans al over. They don't bag outside their yard and their very vulnerable. But once in their own yard they are unstoppable.
Tree months back, Zaka Zaka Moba went to visit his farm in Majimbo. The two men who were looking after his farms told him that all his twelve cows have disappeared.
Zaka Zaka Moba didn't know why the animal who were kept in a well build captivity could break their home? He decided not to return to Muvango his home until he found the animals. He had a big Thatcher that he built for himself, family and friend in the middle of the bush and his two workers who not even twenty years old had two Thatcher house but next to a small rivers. They were both married but didn't have children. When they are not busy they goes to the near by village to spend time with their friends and families. They often return to sleep.

He mobilized even the villagers who live at about two kilometers from his farm to help him to get the animals.
It was easy to find them because the villagers had no cows. They only had the ship, goats. The villagers who knew very well the bushes were able to get the animals at different places. But they only managed to get 10 cows while two are still missing until today.
Then one his employee told him that he heard the lions roaring at night. This was not unusual because the lions uses to roars all over that place. The animal will only get scared and cry without running away. All the animals were scared of the lion. It is why he is call the king of the forest.

Zaka was still amazed how the big animals Elephant could be scared of a small creature Lion? How the tallest giraffe could be scared of that creature? Why all animals were scared of the lion? Until one day while going to Majimbo. He saw two hyenas on his way. Then heard a big noise of a group of animal running in the bushes. He stopped his motorbike. Then saw a group of animal running to different directions. Then look at the left side of the bushes saw the lions chasing a giraffe. Zaka Zaka Moba who had two hunting guns using for his protection was watching the king of the forest chasing the animals. It was like a live movie or a dream.
The lion target only one animal in the group of others and makes sure not to loose his eye on that animal.
He saw the lion jumping on top of the neck of the giraffe catching the throat. The big animals tried to defend himself in moving but the animal was stick strongly on the neck of the animal until the giraffe went down bleeding. It was a matter of minutes for the giraffe to die.
Zaka Zaka Moba was amazed with the strength of the lion sticking firm to the animal neck. Zaka Zaka Moba was amazed with the power and the speed of the predator and realize why all the animal in the forest even in group were scared of that animal.
Strange enough that scene was taking place just at about 50 meters away. They were no sign of the other animal around. The only animals that were around were the hyena. Zaka Zaka Moba remembered that the villagers warned him that if you see a hyena be careful the lion is around. The Hyena who used to eat meat too were not good hunters, they were waiting for the lions to hunt and watch him eating and once he is full, the go to eat the animals that the lions leave.
Zaka Zaka Moba was furious of the ugly do look alike animal hyena. He hoped that the lions eat them but it look like the lion is not interested in the other animal who eat meat. He prefers the one that eat vegetable.

He took back arranged the gateway doors of his farming cows. But strange enough the animals were still very agitating without any roaring of the lions. They wanted to run away again. It was for the first time that the animal wanted to run in their own captivity. The presence of the Sheppard means nothing to those animals they felt unsafe.

Zaka Zaka Moba wasn't expecting this reaction from the animals after thanking the villagers who help him to catch the cows at different places in the long bushes. Then about a dozen of the villagers were watching Zaka Zaka and his two employees struggling to control the animal. They realized that the fours dogs they had accompanying them also have disappeared.

Zaka Zaka Moba thought that they could have been bad spirit at that place of the land has been witchcraft by witchcraft. Not every body was happy with Zaka Zaka success and projects.

Then an old villager immediately told Zaka Zaka the must be a lions' shit around. He has lived in this area for many years and has witnessed all sorts of problems. He learnt thought experience. The lions have passed here during the night and left his extract in the area. No animal wanted to be next to the predator lion. Even next to the remains. The animal new very well his smell.

The villager took about two hours to search for strange shit. They have been many shits around but they one that they were looking for was the lion�s one. They decided to remove from the area all the shit they could find in the long bushes. It was around five in the afternoon that the cow stopped agitating when the feared (extract) shits were removed.

Zaka Zaka Moba realized how the lion was scared by the other animal. He learnt to love and respect all the animals. While hunters were killing wild animals he used to oppose to this practices. While the villagers and hunter were happy determining the feared animal lion, him was against them. While the hunter who lived from the Ivory collected from the elephant him was against that practice.
Unfortunately for Zaka Zaka Moba very few people were supporting him. The government to save some race of the animal prohibited the hunting of wild animal but they had no access in the forest and that law wasn't effective.
People knew the politician; they will talk for hours while there is no action on the ground. They made the Ivory illegal business and that law alone busted the sell of the Ivory. Because it become illegal to trade them, the price went high and ivory trader become the fast richer in Africa. It becomes rare and very expensive like many rare minerals.

Zak Zaka Moba remembered how he spends two days locked in his room in Tshale after being call to investigate the murder. The robbers who were mobbed by the criminal must have been aware of the lion's shit. Have find that secret off using the predator extract and make the animal run away. The dogs also were very allergic to that smell. He understood what people didn't understand. It makes sense for the chicken and bird not to run away.

What Zaka Zaka Moba did was to get the names and the addresses of all the complainants who lost their animal. And he traced a map and that map leaded to the address of the man who had the lion's shit. May be he was caring the shit or may be he used as a lotion to his body. So each place he was passing in a small town was many people had animals. The animals that smell it were running away. That map leaded him next to Zikondo Avenue. The past of that man too confirmed that he was in and out of the local police station for petty crime but he never murdered anyone. Why a petty Criminal could murder someone this time? What was behind the strange decoration?

Then he went on to other to do a second investigation that confirmed the same man mal doing. Many questions were still to be answered it why he refused to arrest the man immediately fearing of the accomplice to run away and get away of the murder. The police neglected the animal�s disappearance. Animal was never important as a human.
His reason of going to the churches this time is because Nashi was a member of the newly named and reformed church called Tabernacle. He was sure that it may be the churches wars. Many churches were being born in Tshale and it may have been a church leader war for the follower. Each one wanted to have more followers. Each one wanted to discredit the other congregation and sect to have more followers.

At the same time Zaka Zaka Moba who was not keen to return to his previous job for the one more time thanked the mayor Prof Kubeka for rightly identifying him as the man who could find the murder. He was wondering how the philosopher Kubeka pointed him as the main that will succeed.
Zaka Zaka Moba didn't regret for returning one more time for the job. This discovery will burst his image and he will always be respected and remembered by everybody include other investigator. He always wanted to retire on high note. He never wanted the criminal to get away after their mess.
Zaka Zaka Moba wanted also to denounce after the investigation of the robbers new method to steal. As they have changed theirs tactics from corrupting the dongs with bones and now if he doesn't denounce this new finding tactics they will return stealing with the lion's shit method that prove to be very effective a way to keep the dog quiet and run instead of bagging.

Zaka Zaka Moba experience as a farmer brought him closer to the nature. Zaka Zaka learnt to love the animals and plants. Zaka Zaka Moba loved even the lions that he met on his way Majimbo farm. While riding to that area with his gun his never intend to kill any animal but use his gun for self protection. He realized that even the lion's were not bad. They were better than some cannibals who eat human as meat and an away of revenge.
There were some incidents when some lions turned to human's eater like the man eater of Mfumbwe who eat more than 6 people in Zambia in the early 1990. He was killed and his biody lie today in a museum in America, Chicago. There was also a lion near Tsavo in Kenya who dragged in 19th century railways workers from their tents at night and devours them.
They were chasing and eat other animal because they stomach needed meat to survive. Not forgetting the two lions in Katanga in Congo nicknamed Mbuyi and Kabanga who eat severely people. The expects says that the lion eat human when probably they are angry, wounded or sick. It was the case of Mbuyi and Kabanga who were wounded by bullets and hated human. Many tourist where injured and some even killed for undermining the wild animals in the parks.

Zaka Zaka Moba was against those people shouting the wild animals for poachers and trophy hunter. He often advises villager not to kill the wild animals even if they eat their lives stock. And hated those who were hunting the animals for money in selling their skin, head and other part of the animal. He didn't even tolerate those killing the animal for supertition, using the animal�s part. He once shown an exmaple when he handed over two white lion to the government authority to be put in safe place. The white lions were rare and were struggling to live in the forest. The white lion were rare believed to be only 50 in captivity. They light fur makes them stand against high grass, making hard for them hard to hunt and survive. They don't have the camouflage in the nature.

Zaka Zaka Moba met many times lions who were full and never hunted him. Villagers who knew also how to run away from the dangerous animal were walking safely when they met full lion. Some no angry lion hunt human because they see them as enemies. Each group of lion has his territory and once they catch you in their territory is difficult to survive unless if you have time to climb on the long straight trees. The lions were struggling today; usually the pride lived between 15 to 40 lions with one male chief. They needed a large land to operate about 20 to 200 kilometers to operate but today those lands were not available for the animals. The lion marks his territory by spraying a mixture of urine and glandular secretions against the trees and bushes. This animal that can see during daylight and night,
People in Majimbo learnt the dangerous animals and rarely were eaten buy those animals. Those cases were very rare. A true villager of the forest knows the sign of a predator and always is aware of the wild animal. They knew how to kill them and where to wound them. They have learned since their early age how to survive in the forest.

He was very glad to have met the lion that the villager surnamed, Mama Africa. Apparently the only predators to have adopted an antelope as her children.
Mama Africa was able to protect her against her follower�s lion. Mama Africa left the deep forest to live next to the villager to save the life of that antelope. She fought day and night to keep that antelope alive.
Some villagers even decided to feed the two animals, the lioness could not hunt because her adopted cub could have been eaten by others animals. The small antelope was still small to eat everyday grass, she needed milk.
So some people and hunters were going to throw meat for the lion and leave a pot of milk for the antelope.
The lionesses were known as the most dangerous creatures compare to the male one. She was small in creature full of rage and speed and makes her the best animal hunter in the forest. She was a hard worker like women villager. The lioness could search food for herself, her children and they polygamous husband the lion. The women villager was doing the same, search food for the children and look after her husbands that mostly were polygamous.
The lioness could hunt and the lazy big lion most of the time spend time sleeping and looking after many of lioness against another lion who can take them. He waits for the lioness to hunt and come and eat.
Many of villager men were doing so. Waiting for his wife to look for food. Spending time drinking traditional beer that his wives make.

The lion life is always very short compare to the lioness because when a strong and young lion comes take over the reign chasses him and most of the time kill him and take all the lionesses as his wife.
In the villages most of the people who live much longer were women.

The new lion once he takes over lioness was always jealous sometime killing the cubs from another lion. Sometime lioness could fight back to protect the cubs. That was always the case with human too, they were also very jealous of their wife. They wanted to keep they wives for life.
Mama Africa was just an example; she wanted to protect a child that she loved. Mama Africa changed the way of viewing things in Zaka Zaka Moba mind. Zaka Zaka Moba thought adoption as things of European. But a predator has taught him to love children who his not even blood related regarding his colour or origin.
Unfortunately for Mama Africa she never lived longer in the area, she disappeared. May be she was killed or may be she relocated. By the fact she wanted to live next to the village escaping other lions to protect her antelope. Some human had no merci for her. By the fact they always saw her time to time, they wanted kill her. But all the villagers wanted to protect her because she shown a lot character and love.
Zaka Zaka Moba who met her twice regretted when the village next to his farm.
Few days later he was told that the animal has disappeared but he suspected that she may have been killed. He was planning to come with a camera and take the picture of that animal but it wasn't to be. He missed dearly that animal and the villagers too missed her. Her story and courage reminded in their mind.

CHAPTER FIVE: DOCTRINES

A month has past and the criminal was not brought to justice and the people in Zambia and Tshale haven't forgotten Nashi's murder. Many people started loosing confidence into the police and the new mayor Kubeka who started well, his image was damaged. People call him just another liar. People called politic in Africa as a form of lie to provide an excuse and hope in people's mind. For the politician everything was possible with words but never possible with actions.

This wasn't even good for Tshiluba the man who was predicted to replace the long time serving president Kaunda. Some people already were saying that Tshiluba will be just another driver. They wanted the change of the engine. A car that has a broken engine needs the engine service not to change the driver. It what was happening in many countries was the dictators were just replaced by other dictators. They needed a change of the entire system.
For some their started viewing the opposition leader Tshiluba as a dictator. They were aware that all the dictators start well. But what is true is that all the dictators have they day of humiliation.
Even thought Kaunda wasn't a dictator but people were just tired of him and all other politician's mess and the generals� mess felled in his shoulders. Even thought Kaunda wanted to run for the election for the last time he was already fed up and wanted a new beginning. People who helped him to run the country have done an unforgivable mess and he was viewed as the responsible. He decided that he will accept the people's voice even thought he loose the election. He wanted to give a chance to the democracy not to hang on power like many of his colleague who even tricks the election result. They use the election process as a chance to legitimize their ambition locally and internationally and cheat. If they don�t cheat, they make that the popular adverse do not takes place in those elections.
Zaka Zaka Moba wanted to finish the investigation as soon as possible before the election comes to burst the image of his friend Prof Kubeka who convinced him to help him for this investigation that may be his biggest victory too. It been one month and the population wanted to see the real criminal. He was very careful not to jeopardize the investigation that other criminal may fled in the big country or cross the border to Congo, Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe or even cross many borders. With all the African country poor identification system it was difficult to catch criminal even in his country Angola. Not all the people had the fingers print in they newly implant informatics system. It was even very easy to change names and re start life.
Zaka Zaka Moba learnt from an African proverb that you cannot catch two antelope at the same time. He needed to be patient but time wasn't on his side at the same time the population were always inpatient.

It was Saturday; Zaka Zaka Moba decided to go to the small sect that had about hundred followers called Shalom.
Zaka Zaka Moba remembered a young man called Pablo who once complained that he was a member of that church and that only married people were praying there and he wasn't. He promised that his wife was away. When time run out, the leaders of the church wanted to warm him and he hired a king of the prostitute to play his wife.
Then the prostitute asked more money for her work and the all story turn sour and Pablo run to Lusaka and then escaped to America where it believed that he took fugitive. Pablo told the policemen that they used to pray naked and exchanged women.
Zaka Zaka Moba who already has retired at the time of the investigation, learnt from his police colleagues the story. But his colleague went to investigate and prove that Pablo's side of story was purely lies.
Zaka Zaka Moba wake up early in the morning bus decided to fix his motorbike before heading for the church that was situated outside Tshale city and isolated to the rest of the world. He kept wondering why people choose to pray outside a city. While many people were looking for more followed but in Shalom it looks like they were not interested in having plenty of followers.
By choosing to pray far from the people, it was always difficult for people to walk a long distance in a bush that was well known of having many snakes especially Cobra that was named by the people Pima Uyambe. Meaning try and get punished. Once you walk on top of that snake, it won't let you go without biting you. The cobra venom was difficult to cure. It needed a immediate attention and many people once bite by that snake used to die easily.
The traditional vaccine and medicine was able to cure it but unless if the man who bite his given that remedy in space of short time.
Zaka Zaka Moba wondered why people may pray in an isolated and dangerous land like this. That alone made them specious in the eye of the investigator. For him that must have something they hide. He suspect them may be of being part of people who may have hired the killer who was secret to people to kill Nashi.
Zaka Zaka Moba with some mechanic knowledge was able to fix his motorbike, his tractors and few farming machineries. He was able to fix even the cars that he bought for his wife and sons. He was not fan of the cars and always preferred motorbikes unless if it raining then he had to borrow his wife of children cars.
He decided to fix the sparking of his motorbike before heading for Shalom. He had to climb that hill and always wanted his motorbike Yamaha to sound always news as a new engine.
He thought that it was a small job that will take him thirty minutes but he decided to clean up to other spares. Not knowing that time was quick to go he realized that he spent more than an hour. He didn't worry too much many of the sect service takes more than fours services. He needed only to be there hoping with the atmosphere and few words it may hear may help him to make a judgment.
It was about half past ten that he was ready for the church. He smoked two cigarettes expecting to be without a smoke for the long service he may meet.
He decided to pass as usual at Zikondo Street careful watching the man that he pointed out to the hit man. He was busy washing his clothes outside, and then he took the direction of the church.
He could see small cut trees and the view of that church from the hill.
Zaka Zaka Moba then passed a place were it was smelling bad odour. It must have been a cat or a small animal who died near by. Then he saw many flies that probably were flying around the dead creature.
Without realizing while on his motorbike an insect entered his eyes. Zaka Zaka Moba lost control of the bicycle and tried to stop but he lost terribly balance and went down in middle of the bush.
Likely it was not in a middle of people or in street of a village or may be in Tshale. No one saw him. He wake up, tried to clean himself with his had hitting his clothes and taking off, the dust that went to his black suit he was wearing.
Zaka Zaka Moba not like the local people who don't like to wear the motorbike helmet used to have two helmets. But when he goes to church smart he doesn't like to wear it because he see annoying when he get off the church wearing smart holding the Bible and the same time carry that motorbike helmet with him. So when he goes to the church he doesn't wear the helmet. Many churches in the city the main service is Sunday but Shalom, it was Saturday.
It was not the first time that Zaka Zaka fell from his motorbike because of a foreign object entering his eyes. It was why he bought the motorbike helmet.
After loosing about 10 minutes of his times he got on his bike and drove to the church that was now about five hundred meter. He was quiet experienced with the motorbikes after driving it more than thirty years.
He had many motorbike makes in his life almost all the popular makes over the years, from Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and his latest one Yamaha.

Zaka Zaka Moba parked the motorbike under a tree next to the church. He decided to park next to the tree to avoid the sun. He saw next to the main church to people charting outside the church in a small built house. He was amazed that from the look outside the church as no windows. He wondered how people may not have a window in a land where it very hot and may people dies. That alone also gives him more curiosity.

Zaka Zaka Moba greeted the two men who were chatting in that small room and went straight to the door. He found many shoes outside and a man at the door who was strangely watching him. It looks if the man at the door was scared of him or he knew that he was an investigator. They were no car outside the church and suspected that may be many of the followers were very poor and couldn�t afford a car. Yes many people in Tshale had no car.
Zaka Zaka Moba felt bad when he read in one of the magazine that in USA about 2 people out of 3 had car but in Tshale it may be may be one in 50 people who had a car. Most of the people who had cars in Tshale were big businessmen or Ivory trader. And in the far rural area where the bicycles are needed in Majimbo may be one in hundred people had a bicycle.
Zaka Zaka Moba look ate the building. It was from poor brick material and not even painted. He realized that many of the people were poor. He suspected that it must be a very different doctrine while many places they preach of the abundance in material here it look may be a different kind of gospel. He thought this may be an church based on the gospel of poverty.
He remembered of the story he heard from his father that colonists were preaching the gospel of poverty. Telling people that poor will enter heaven while rich man will go to hell.
Zaka Zaka Moba remembered that his father told him that another preacher had a dozen of the same kind of clothes appearing to the eyes of the villager that he was poor wearing the sandal while changing the same make, colour of clothes.
For sometime he thought that it must be an exaggeration from the old man. People will never stop talking.
Zaka Zaka Moba without realizing, he decided to enter the church. He greeted the man at the door but the man gave the impression that he wanted to cry. He was not able to talk to him. Then he heard far away a word, snake. Snake was a popular name for an enemy or stranger or someone very bad. It must be someone inside the church. He thought that may be someone was preaching or they wanted to look of the passage of the snake or serpent in Genesis. He ignored, he wasn't even good with the Bible. He didn't know if Genesis was the first book or the last book of the Bible. What he knows is that the serpent lied to Adam and Eve and they eat a forbidden fruit it is why people are suffering and dying today. Even many none churches followers knew the story.

He entered expecting to find people naked but saw people wearing clothes. The man who was at the door then had the courage to enter the church and tell him with a gesture showing shoes.
Zaka Zaka Moba then realized that all the people have left the shoes outside. He apologizes with a low voice not to disturb the church service.
But he realized that in the small hall of about hundred people, he already disturbed the service everybody were curiously watching him strangely.

After taking off the shoes, he re enter the church. He saw the light and look at up and saw that in the middle of the church they were no roof. It was they window.
Then he look at his neighbor who were next to him, they all were looking him very strangely.
Then he saw a man who was in front in red like a priest urging the follower: "We have a visitor. Please let well come him with joy and applaud his arrival."
They all people started applauding and a strong sound of mixed and combines drum too followed. Zaka Zaka Moba who was wearing a blue suit this time with a clean white shirt felt little bit shy. He realized that in this church every body was not smart. Then he look at the other side he saw a green underwear. While he lost a sight for a while the under wear disappeared. Then he heard the impression seeing before when he entered someone fixing in pant zip. But any way it didn't matter much. He suspected that the thought that he had before for the church could have influenced his sight. It was just illusion in the congregation that he suspected so much special with all the naked stuff his heard.

Those people were very cheerful and very kind welcoming a visitor in his first entrance. He wondered how they hide when the strong and windy rain entered the church. The other part of the church had no roof and probably they all squeeze at that part that had roof. He suspected that may be they don't have enough money to finish the roof.
He said to himself that if God helps him with money. He will donate money to that church so they may finish the building of the church and put the paint and roof in the church.
They were no wooden bench but they managed to build bench with bricks and well cement it. It looks lovely. But they space between the brick bench were quit very big. Zaka Zaka Moba thought that may be once they have more followers they will build more benches in between.

Zaka Zaka Moba look at the right back of the church saw a small window at the back of the church and a man wearing red dress on that window. It was like the only window. And the man who was standing there look at him but try to hold his breath but couldn't. He started laughing seriously. This had nothing to do with the welcoming of Zaka Zaka Moba in the sect. It looks like he was mocking at him. Zaka Zaka suspected that may be he saw him by that small window how he fell from his bicycle.
Then all the church went on laughing. They were laughing at Zaka Zaka Moba as the speaker spoke: "Yes, Yes let welcome our brother who has just join the true church."
They all started again to welcome him in clapping the hand and the drum sound but this time many people were laughing.
Zaka Zaka realized that when he fall from the motorbike the man at the window could have seen him and told the followers. But it was just an accident that can happen to anybody.
The speaker said to the follower: "Let welcome our new brother like in Matthew 21:8,It is written that Most of the people in the crowd spread their outer garments on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. Let welcome our brother like Jesus was welcomed in Jerusalem."

They cheered again.
Zaka Zaka Moba was wondering why his entrance of the church must be so celebrated? What was so special with him? Then he saw another man talking on their hears of the speaker. Then the speaker told the followers: "Brother and sister, we have a bad news that they have just announced. Kabongo one of our members has lost his father and we are all call to participate on his father funeral that will take place this afternoon. We have to end the service as soon to all mourn in brotherhood with one us. The Bible said in if one part of the body is sick the entire body is sick. That is meant that if one of us is in pain we are all in pain. Let go and mourn our brother's father together."

Zaka Zaka Moba who was anxious to be part of the service felt bad that just few minutes of his arrival at this church the service as to be called off. He wondered really what is going on in this church. He tried his best but with the impression that he just had those people with very few followers and the isolation of the church they don't need more followers and will not participate in disputes with other congregations. They are not likely to be linked in Nashi killing.
Zaka Zaka Moba had a chance to talk to some of the elders who wanted him to come back to the church but insisted that if he is truly interested he should be initiated at the small house next to the church where he saw two people chatting. He realized that one of them was to be initiated and one of them was the teacher. One of the leaders of the church told him to bring his wife too.

Zaka Zaka Moba just after 30 minutes was on his way back to Tshale. Many questions were still to be answer but he was happy to have got the impression of the church that will help him in his investigation.
What Zaka Zaka Moba didn't know is that no one knew him as an investigator. In this naked sect they have one man standing at the door watching all the coming men to the church direction. As the church was on top of a hill it was very easy for them to see all the coming people. Once a stranger face is coming the watchman ring a special bell and they all dress up very quickly. All the underwear and the zip vision Zaka Zaka Moba saw were real.
With this technique it was very difficult to catch them. It is why all the Pablo Kanfu's allegations were dismissed by the police because they were not proved.
Zaka Zaka who was offered a life time chance to join the sect had no time to return for the second time. He had many things to do on his mind.
They didn't need many followers too, they were happy with they number. They had strong secret that they were keeping and they were very close to each other.
The story of Kabongo has just lost his father was just an invented excuse to end the service because a strange body has entered they sect. Zaka Zaka Moba supposed to be initiated and accept to the agreement and doctrine of the church before entering. They don't pray with an unclean body who hasn't agree and committed to they doctrine.
The man who was playing the guard at the door was just intimidated with the presence of Zaka Zaka. A man well smart dressed driving a motorcycle.
Zaka Zaka at least was right to have suspected that the man at the window saw him falling from the motorbike and told the others.

CHAPTER SIX: WITCHCRAFT AND THE PRIEST.
Zaka Zaka Moba didn't waste to waste anymore time. Sunday he decided to visit the most powerful and popular church in the world, the Catholic Church. Even in Tshale the Catholic Church was not so big; he learnt that it was the most powerful church which the number one man of that church lives in Vatican and a much respected more than some head of state.
The investigation could never be complete without visiting it. In Tshale the timing of the installation of the Catholic Church wasn't good and contributed to not being popular. It was implanted when already many African Independent sects and churches has already starting operating.

But the die hard followers of the Catholic Church welcomed it. Most of the people who attended it where those who lived in other town and were already catholic followers. Most of the people who were attending the catholic where highly educated and dignitary and most of them were much respected in the community. The poor people of that town find that they had no place in that congregation. Very few local people were attending the church.
With all the imaginary and exaggeration says about the Catholic Church contributed too to the none popularization of the church in Tshale. For example many African independents churches and leader criticized the Catholic Church. They said that priest were committing adultery and sleeping with women while they are not married. Some went far to say that they were homosexual. African had no tolerance of the homosexual, they were against this practice as they culture had no room for homosexual. It was a unforgivable act to African. They said that they were learning from nature and the nature didn't show them the homosexual of bisexual practices. When they look at the aunt and the bee�s organization, they learn from there an organization. They learn to submit to their traditional authority because those insect has a queen and all of them work and protect that queen. From there they learnt not to complain from their traditional leader instruction. They learnt to work and fight for their land from the organization of the aunt and bees.

Women learned too to look after they family from the courage of the lioness and other wild animal...Many African church leader has disgraced the catholic church with stories such as the priest practices magic and other powerful secret sect. They also said that they don't follow the commandment of the Bible correctly. Some went far saying that they priest were just businessmen hiding they activities behind the Bible like the missionaries in the colonist time.
Who did say that the nun were priest secret wives?

With all those stories it affected the spread of the church in Tshale. If they come much early people could have attended in number the Catholic Church.
It was a very comfortable church for Zaka Zaka Moba because they read very few Biblical verses. As he wasn't good with the Bible and didn't even need to attend the catholic service with a Bible.
It was highly on his agenda to visit the Catholic Church. The world powerful church has been suspected of being even involved on some plots or coup etats to overthrown some head of state. As the other African church leaders has disgraced that congregation, he suspected that they may have hired that hit man to kill Nashi in a strange way so many people will flee the Africans sects and church and pour in large number in the catholic church in Tshale.
Zaka Zaka Moba didn't bring his Bible; he knew that only the priest will read some few passages in the Bible. But even after falling from the motorbike, he refuses to wear helmet when going to church on motorbike.

His biggest mistake this Sunday is that he was thirty minutes late. He thought that it is a service like many churches that last hours or days but the Catholic Church takes about one hour�s service long. He arrived just in the middle of the service.
He rushed to the newly constructed building. It wasn't that decorated like many cathedrals. It was just a big building for about 250 places built before they complete to build the Tshale cathedral in the middle of the city. Every town had a catholic cathedral and it was justice too that Tshale get a good cathedral too.
Zaka Zaka, it here that he saw beautiful cars parked include the Tshale police chief parked, tree Tshale hospital doctor�s cars parked and other Tshale dignitaries cars too include the cortege of the rich men in Tshale and one of the richest man in Tshale parked the well known man Ramy. Since his deception in the former African church led by Mzee Jakaranda. After his departure from once the big church in Tshale many the church followers too left that congregation. Mzee Jakaranda comes up with another revival method in changing the name of his church to Tabernacle and with numerous changes to keep other followers and win other followers too.

Strange enough the Catholic Church was full. They were no available empty seat. This was a surprise of his life. The last time he accompanied his friend to the church there was about hundred people.

Zaka Zaka Moba went to seat at the back bench watching the Yugoslavs priest called father Paul but local people surnames him father Pole Pole. Pole Pole means slow. The nickname Pole sounded like Paul and at the same time coincided with the priest nature. Many of the priests who used to walk and talk very slowly controlling all the words they use. He was already in his sixties. Paul was a priest in Zambian town of Kitwe for more than 15 years. Before Kitwe he was in others Africans countries. He felt in love with African and become an African able to speak many dialects. He was able to speak in total twelve dialects.

What was strange to Zaka Zaka is to watch many candle in the building were there is electricity bulb. After attending many African churches in the past few weeks he had the impression that the catholic music was slow and little bit sleepy. It was just a change of pace from the fast services to the very slow one. But he enjoyed the mood very relaxing not noisy. He understood why many lay back personality and many dignitaries around the world attend the Catholic Church.
He didn't know what he has already missed in the service already. But what he wanted is to be in the Catholic Church. He understood that why many dignitaries in the world today attend the lay back catholic service.

Zaka Zaka Moba watched father Paul who accepted the African nickname Pole Pole with about 10 young boys who were servant of the day. He enjoyed watching everybody wearing white clothes dress holding the cross and candle. It was just a very quiet and lay back service.

Zaka Zaka Moba had the man called Pole Pole slowly telling people: "I have a confession to make."
He wondered how come the man to whom people has to confess today wanted to confess to the follower. This was just the world upset down. Zaka Zaka Moba wondered what is wrong with Tshale the peaceful city.

Father Paul who was speaking very slowly decided to continue while everybody was anxious to know what he wanted to say. Many wondered that it must be away of saying good bye. He had to return to Yugoslavia and retire due to his age.
For many they felt a sad to loose this man who loved Africa so much, his culture and his people.
Paul comes to Africa when he turned 25 years. Just graduate from the grand seminary. For him traveling to Africa in the early years with only one mission to help the Catholic Church to be implanted in Africa. But the mission that supposed to last for less than a year has turned to be his life time mission.
Paul felt in love with Africa. From the first land he landed in Bujumbura, he was transferred to Malawi, then had a short stay in Nigeria then finally settles in Zambia Kitwe. As a specialist of planting the church, the cardinal sends him to Tshale. They wanted to transfer him to Mozambique but he turn out that offer. He was already in his late forties at that time and wanted to stay at one place and probably die there.
Paul or Pole Pole has loved this place so much. When he implanted the church it had only about 15 followers. Took him many years to reach about 200 followers in the two catholic service taking place. He has two junior priests who help him with the service in Tshale. He wanted to read the first Sunday service and leaving the afternoon service to two newly sacred priests.

But in the few months he noticed that the numbers of the followers has increased in two months, it almost triple. In the past 15 years, the number of the followers was slowly increasing.
He wondered what really was going on. It is good to have followers but this time the sudden increase had something to do with unusual tactics he thought.
Father Paul told the church goers: "I think I got the African witchcraft."
The all church went: "Wow?"
Zaka Zaka Moba could hear even some of the followers saying: "This is possible."
Zaka Zaka thought that it may be possible to get the African witchcraft in Africa. Paul must have lived for many years in this continent and it must not be strange too.
Paul decided to confessed and tell all to his followers. It started two months ago. Father Paul was in dinner with some of the church leaders and two nuns, Sister Esther Bolingo and Sister Maria Matata. He complained of the slow growth of the Catholic Church in Tshale while the African congregations were still growing so fast. He gave the example of Mzee church. The church has almost reached 4 000 people before Ramy's drama of loosing her daughter in refusing to amputate her only daughter leg when she has cancer and led to the death of Sissa her daughter. Many people too were disappointed and left the congregation. It wasn't so long with the new revival Mzee come up with in changing the name of the church to Tabernacle and changing some faces of his pastors. The church that was dying returned alive with about 200 people left the church grew and now reach about 2 000 followers.

But the world most respected church and the oldest church in the world in Tshale has a not even reached the full capacity of 250 seats in one service. All the services were about 100 people. I regretted with all the money the church has with the cathedral project in Tshale in his fifteen years service in Tshale the result was just two disappointing.

He remembers one of the nuns telling him: "Father do you really want many followers?"
He replied without hesitating: "Of course we need followers. We can afford to extend the church. Vatican is able to support us with our project."

Then after two days. He had the invitation Sister Esther Bolingo and Sister Maria Matata invited him for a supper to their place. With all the respect he has for the nun he went to that evening supper.
He remembered while eating, the plate that had the cassava leaves changed to meat plate. Paul even asked to Maria Matata: "How come, the vegetable changed into meat."
Matata responded: "Father, I have just changed the plate now."
Paul thought that with his sight of eyes affected because of his age it this true that she may have changed the plate.
Paul after many years in Africa was eating only the African food. He has even lost the taste of European food. He was not able to eat bread and soup then sleep. That food becomes lighter to his stomach. He wanted the heavy African food. He believed that the African food contributed of giving his body strength. He was in his sixties but always feel like a thirty years man. Even thought he speaks very slowly and walk very slowly.

Then he remembered that from that supper, he started having strange kind of dreams when sleeping at night. He saw himself being in unfinished party: people dancing, seating on the chairs made of human bones..., they hung peoples, and they eat human transformed meat every night. Plane flying in the dark words...He thought first that it was just nightmare but it keep coming every night. He could see even Sister Esther Bolingo and Maria Matata in that group. Not only them but few of the people he trust include some member of the elder community, even few choir members, few church servants and very few followers too.
And then come Sunday, the church was full of followers. What he fails to do all those years has been accomplished in a matter of days.

Paul said that he wanted to make this confession long time ago but Sister Esther Bolingo and Maria Matata were telling him not to talk. They kept telling him: "Father, it is secret. No one has to know."

Zaka Zaka Moba laughed for a while. Followers were angry saying: "Yes, it is true." They accepted what the preacher said "It is how the African witchcraft was transmitted"
The way father Paul explained from the start to the description of kind of dreams he has proved that he had witchcraft. The church followers were very much angry with the two nuns. They swore to beat them up but it look like they were aware that father Paul will break the silence and were not at that morning service.

This strange testimony of the priest already helped Zaka Zaka Moba to stop suspecting the Catholic Church. The priest has described how he was worried about having few followers and how the church becomes full in the few months. By the testimony he felt that they were not having any wrong doing that may lead in the killing of Nashi.

Zaka Zaka Moba felt of returning for good to his investigation service and even help father Paul but he has made up his mind. Farming was having a much better future. Leaving the responsibility to other people to look after his farms was not a good idea. He knew that no one will do better or do the job they way you want. Nashi's murder was just his last investigation.
For once Zaka Zaka Moba missed his job. He remembered the African proverbs saying that: "Where they are people there is always a problem. Even two people."
Another one saying that "Problems follows where there are people." And this one saying "Problems (challenges) never ends, even success in life is replacing formal challenges to new challenges."
Zaka Zaka Moba has learnt to live with challenges and never complain. He thought as a farmer he will retire in peace but he find in his retirement more problems. With the farms businesses, machinery and employee. For sometime, he wondered if really there is retirement in life.

From all sort of investigation he has made the most challenging one where witchcraft. The court wanted physical proof and exhibit while the witchcraft his only proven verbal. He loved to adventure in that topic but unfortunately it always turns to be lost of time and energy. Many African believed in the witchcraft but not the modern court. The only court that supported that cause was the tribal court or traditional court. Now the government were getting ride of the traditional court.
The government that was more powerful in those days in Africa wanted his only modern court and law be implemented in the country.

The only way to heal the priest was to take him to the traditional powerful healer at one condition only if he decided to leave for good those practices. The problem with the witchcraft is that once you are a witch you will always be a witch if you are not willing to abandon those practices. Many people have been witches and cured but because they missed that world they always return to it.

The big question in Zaka Zaka Moba�s mind. For success some leaders of churches in Tshale turn to the witchcraft and all form of superstition to get more followers? More followers mean more success. He was wondering if it was true or not.

CHAPTER SEVEN: CELEBRATION

Zaka Zaka Moba felt pressurized; it has been tree day when the community has marched to the police station once again. They were very angry and thinking that Nashi's killer will never be found. They burn the tyre and were vowing to take their law on their hand.

Zaka Zaka Moba could hear one angry mach organizer saying: "The police should try to do their job before I do their job my self."
Zaka Zaka couldn't imagine how angry the people where in the city. The few soldiers that Lusaka has send tried to disperse the marching group with tear gaze...
Prof Kubeka after a short meeting with Zaka Zaka, told him not to rush in his investigation and told him how he kept trusting him. He even told him: "The reason is never immediate."
The new mayor told him that if you do a thing and people says immediately that you are right that is means there is something wrong. The reason is acknowledged after many months or years. People will realize later that what you said or did was right.
Of course Prof Kubeka had plenty of experiences with his philosophy. Very few people were telling him that he was right but only after many days they come to him and tell him that he was right.
Prof Kubeka always said that a true leader is the one who things ahead of time. He sees more the future than present. If you look at the present you will end up doing the wrong things, pleasing people than doing the job.

People were always quick to forget. It doesn't matter how you may please them.
The community felt always strong and was able to capture even the strongest criminal. It happens few years ago when a much feared criminal was killed by the mob practice after rapping 8 years old. He was a weightlifting trainee and compare to some of the world muscle giant.
People knew that the reason is force. It doesn't matter how strong you may be if you are not right, you are weak one.
Zaka Zaka Moba remembered when he was a kid. With his friend, they went to get African substances to be strong physically. All the boys wanted to be the strongest one in the neighbourhood. They wanted to beat their friend once they are arguing for something and to be strong and impress all the girls.
All the witchcraft doctors had one advises they used to give them once they give them the substance: "If you want the stuff to work. You must be right."

Zaka Zaka Moba had a last idea, to catch the hit man at night and torture him so he may tell all the names of the people who hired him.
Then come the law, with all the torture practices, it couldn't have helped him. It was against the modern law and he may even end up loosing this case that was very important. Just by the fact the weakest one as the right to have the lawyer to defend him, it could have end up himself into trouble.
He only wished that they don't allow weaken people to have access to a lawyer but the modern law has many caprices too.
There is nothing hurting for the investigator, if his case is thrown out of the court for lack of sufficient evidence. When Zaka Zaka Moba was still and newly policemen, he remembered how many of cases that were thrown out of court for sufficient evidence. Zaka Zaka remembered how it was painful not only for him even the community members disgraced him too.

The new mayor image was already dented and deteriorating. The election was around the corner. Zaka Zaka Moba who wished of the change of government saw his dream vanishing. He was holding the key and the success of the opposition. Once he win the case and catch the real killers, this could have busted the opposition side.
Prof Kubeka after many contact with the central government in Lusaka, he managed to get a more award to help the community to help the police. He believed that some how somewhere some sign or track of the killer could have been noticed by any one.
It come as a surprise when the mayor himself announced on radio Tshale that the 100 000$ have been double for the information leading to the arrest of the criminal and possible accomplices. The unclaimed jackpot reward doubled too. He insisted that he wanted all the accomplices and the hit man to be brought to justice. He begged the people not to mob beat or kill the suspect before his brought to justice. He insisted that he knows how angry the people were and pleaded them to have a little patient. He reminded them that not only the family and friend of the murdered woman Nashi went through the drama and pain of loosing their loved one in a strange way, but all the citizen of people who loves Tshale, place of peace feels the same. The all country too was still under shock struggling to come to term with the strange murder.
He urged also the police to double check all the formers information that were given by the community member and to record them all and double check them.

Prof Kubeka has another disagreement with the authority in Lusaka. The president of the country Kaunda wanted to hire an American investigator to come and help. He told him: "This is not USA, this is Africa and we have different reality different to American."
Kubeka believed that what they see in the movie in USA were very different with the African reality. He told the president:
"This is not New York, where the investigator his chassed with bullet. This is a land where people are still close to the nature and animal."
He told the president that it doesn't matter how the American investigator his educated or experienced. No one will be able to define why the dogs and animals disappeared and went to the forest.

Prof Kubeka believed that event he well known European and American economist who talk day after day of the poverty in Africa once given a chance to be an economist in Africa will fail. Not only fail but fail with distinction. They priority is not African priority. They priority will be luxury or waste to African.
Many African country annual incomes were not even close to an American single city income. The African didn't need tall building, they don't need luxury cars but they needed may be the basics: food, clothes and access to an education not suiting the African reality. Africa needed good road and rail way system but some places didn't need special highway.
He as a former teacher acknowledges that many of the African books where not suitable to teach African, they were European reality not African one. He wanted that the African school book should be African oriented to suit the reality on the African ground. That alone needed to support and sponsor people to go in intense research to find the right formula of Africa.
They were many empty lands in Africa and they didn't need tall building to be called developed. Kubeka hated the word under developed. He believed that there is no country more developed than the other but there is only country late in technology. He believed that the African country were a century late in technology compare to European country.

He didn't want development to bring many unwanted guns in the streets of Africa. He loved a country free of guns like Tshale. Only very few people like hunters had guns. He loved the fact that people could drive their cars without all those alarm system. He loved the way that no house in Tshale even Ramy's house has an alarm system. Sadly very few robbers were taking advantage of the none security system some time to steal but even that, the crime rate was very low. In hated the growth of many African city in European or America model.

As an opposition member he urged the authority to check the African priority instead of copying the European reality. He hated to see many dictators turning to European begging and asking for some necessity technology and infrastructure not needed in Africa. They wanted to copy the European way of living while the European do not copy the African way of living.
In his observation no African leader at that time was able to identify his country priority bit wanted to copy the other's reality. They didn't need luxury.
In fact Kubeka the philosopher said once to his colleague who bowed at him: "Luxury was a curiosity way that the under privilege wanted to revenge of the thing they haven't had."
He said that it only people who grown poor people who wanted luxury.
It was a way to revenge to prove to other. He noticed after reading many magazine and book that people who grow up rich don't want to impress others. They just want to live a normal life. But those who were underprivileged or poor wanted to impress. They are the one who wanted impressive cars, houses, cell phone.
It why he says that: "The love of luxury was just a way to revenge and prove to other of acquiring things they missed all their life."
Many African leaders wanted the very impressive and impressive cars to impress while there are very few roads needed. They supposed to drive four by four but preferred to waste money. Many rich in the world could easily wear a pair of jeans while some in Africa even in the hot temperature didn't want to wear a jean. All those things were just sign of not being able to identify the African priority.
In fact according to Kubeka research, it only poor people who want comparison while riches does not have time to compare to other.

Prof Kubeka who wrote an unpublished book on the Bantu philosophy once told his colleague in a lunch time break at school: "Being poor rich or better than was just a complex."
For Him no one was poor or richer or better than the other one. It was only a complex. In one of his book line he wrote:
"Many people suffer for two kinds of complexes. Complex of superiority as a rich man and complex of inferiority as poor man."

He loved to call poor underprivileged one. Many under privilege people suffer from the inferiority complex thinking that once the have many material they will be happy. Then once they got those materials they want more again and realize that they still have different kind of problems.
He gave an example of unmarried people. They think that once married they will have sex everyday but once married they realize that marriage was not only sex but a lot of things need to be done.
He said in his book that some people are not even poor but there is too kind of poor. "Those who are unhappy with what they have called themselves poor too. Those who envy other call themselves too underprivileged."
For him a poor is the one who do not have food. The African says that food is the biggest debt that the human have. They have to make a plan to satisfy the stomach each and everyday.
He went even far mentioning about the Africa tradition that wearing animal skin wasn't bad. As long it suited African. Like clothes, the animals skins and other kind of leaves help the human to protect they privates part and the body against the weather.

But as a mayor, he was very reluctant to mention all those things to the population. He thought that it was better to start with the soft food before heading for the hard food. No one could understand his philosophy. It is why in the community many people viewed him as a mad man. Some people say that: "Once, you are too clever you may be a mad man."
Kubeka wished that in his book, people will be able to understand him and African too will be able to realize what they have and celebrate too instead of complaining wanting to be like other people. That alone was the main cause of killing the African culture or identity.
Even Kubeka's wife and children not mentioning his relatives had a problem to understand him. Kubeka went on telling his wife and sister to celebrate they African identity. He was against them using the cosmetic to make their skin light and planting long plastic hair on their head. He told them that they should be able to celebrate they identity. They were from a family of a very dark skin.
He told them that wanting to be light in skin was a complex of inferiority. Because many people after suffering from the complex of inferiority thing that a light skin was sign of superiority like white people. because the colonist where viewed superior mentally to African and many has suffered from that complex.
Kubeka read in a book how those cosmetic methods started in Nigeria and spread to the rest of the continent.
He did mention it on radio Tshale but many women disagreed with him while many men supported his idea of banning the cosmetic product to burn their bodies. He carefully told the citizen to leanr to celebrate they identity.
For Kubeka the definition of poverty and development were mal understood by all the people: African and European too. In his book he insisted that the dictionary has reviewed those definitions. He insisted that no country was more developed than the other but only more advanced in technology. Being rich was not to drive expensive cars or being poor was not to ride a bicycle. He said that even in history they were rich people and poor people. In the Bible king David and Salomon were viewed rich not because they were driving Mercedes. That time rich and poor were measure by the number of cattle and wives like today in the African rural area. He said that the definition of being rich changes with different generation and era or period of history. Who knows what the material will define being rich in 22nd century, when cars may be easily accessible to everybody?

Kubeka's objective in life was to bring out of coma the dying African culture and tradition and celebrate it like other's culture. It doesn't matter who, may be as a author or even as politician. He wanted to be influential so a large mass can listen to him. He thought that the period of curiosity was over. For Kubeka many people forgot their culture and identity because of curiosity wanting to know the other cultures. Now that many people have known others culture it was time not to forget they good side of their culture and cheat from other culture what was good for them.
Kubeka rarely identified people as white or black or Asian. He identify people's as African, Europeans, American regardless they race because he believed that the difference between peoples were they culture not their race. He was proud that in Africa many people have loved this land and their culture. For example the Boers who most of them were emigrated from Holland and choose Africa and lived mainly in South Africa and Namibia and many part of the continent were proud of the culture they have adopted and were even proud in naming themselves, Afrikaners.

Zaka Zaka Moba decided to go to another congregation for the last time before trying to make another move. On his list, he has identified some churches that may have linked to the strange killing of Nashi.

Now on his private list, The African Gospel International church was the last one.

He was very frustrated after attending many churches services like a prostitute in different churches to find logic that will help him to have sufficiency evidence to support his case when he catches the hit man who was still a secret to himself only.

Investigating job was very challenging relying more on the logic. For Zaka Zaka it was one of the most challenging careers existing in the world. He has to be at some place sometime where he was not thinking of being and at different time.

Zaka Zaka encouraged his relatives and children to do any kind of jobs but not investigation. Even after a successful career as a police investigator, he didn't want to see his love one in the trauma of trying to find the criminal. It wasn't easy, he spend many sleepless nights trying to compile all the evidence so it may help him to find the killer.
It was as usual Sunday that Zaka Zaka Moba wore again his black suit that he managed to wash himself two days ago. His wife or daughter wasn't around to help him and didn't want to disturb his neighbor�s wife to help him to wash the suit.

He didn't know how long the service will be. As usual he smokes two straight cigarettes hoping that he won't smoke anytime soon until the church service is over.
Then he spread a strong perfume to his clothes hoping that no one will smell the cigarette smell and put some perfume too on his hand. He quick brushed his teeth and immediately got on top his motorbike.

It was situated at the South part of the city and he prayed that no one will spread a pond of water. Even if it was hot but he was not ready to go through the same experience again. There are many doctrines and he didn't know what to expect to this congregation. Anyway it was part of his job and he has to accept everything and drama. To find justice, the local people who call justice Eyes for eye and teeth for teeth.

After a slow service from the Catholic Church last Sunday, he didn't know how the next service will sound like.
Zaka Zaka arrived just 5 minutes after the services have started.
He fins about 50 cars parked outside the well build white building. And he was sure that at least thousand of people could have been inside. He didn't even a problem to park his Yamaha. He needed just a small space and squeezed his motorbike between two cars.
He find a man at the door he didn't throw water on his clothes but shown him a place where to seat in the middle of the church. Many church followers were still coming even thought about the tree quarter of the church was already full.
Zaka Zaka Moba seat just next to a couple. There was a huge choir of about 100 people all wearing Yellow uniform singing. Zaka Zaka loved this atmosphere. Here people were much clean; most of them wearing suit and with nice hair cut. While many women were wearing the African clothes with something covering their hairs.
He loved what he was hearing, the coordination of they voices.

Then the woman who was next to him started coughing. It wasn't longer than the man who was seating a bench before him coughed a little bit and went outside for a while. Then In few minutes he realized that many people were coughing and some time to time some went outside the returned.
Zaka Zaka Moba realized that he was the problem. At the start he thought that he was stinking but he realized that the strong perfume he put on his clothes to get ride of the cigarette smell before coming was the cause.
He decided try to ignore. I was sure that no one knew him and they won't see him again next time.
The neighbours seating next to him where shy too to tell him that his smell was offending them.

Zaka Zaka Moba hoped that as time go by the perfume smell will diminish and people's noise will get use to that smell for a while. He just wanted to hear the word of God. So far in all the congregations no one mention about Nashi's death. He was sure that may be they did mention but he wasn't able to hear the comment because he wasn't there. He had to attend different churches at different Sunday and in Shalom he attended Saturday.
He questioned many people from different churches in the spare time. They told him that all the churches congregation regretted and condemn the murdering of Nashi. But as an investigator, he wanted to hear from himself. The way some churches leader may comment really can help him to give him effective logic to help him in the job. They way people translate the comment were very different with the way an investigator can hear. Some comment may real sound regrettable while it means indirectly joy. But only an investigator has they hear to find the hidden sense of comment.
He wished that he was God to be a different place at the different time. For some time Zaka Zaka Moba ost the concentration. He ends up watching his watch and for sometime sleeping. He wanted the service to end as soon as possible. His mind was getting tired, at night he sleep enough but his mind has just be working too hard and was getting tired. For the past month he his been thinking about what to do, where to get the men who hired the hit man and conducting many interview plus checking all the police information of people who were trying to give information to lead to the arrest of the criminal. Unfortunately many people were just playing lotto waiting for their information by accident to be selected by the police official and win the hundred thousand dollar price money that has been double to two hundred thousand dollar. He was expecting to read more and more information for the coming days. As the money as been doubled, he was expecting many people to come with the information. Some as far Lusaka and surrounding country like Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Malawi and Congo. He was surprised to read a letter sent by someone far from the West Africa, Mali saying that the criminal was hiding in one of the village over there. He wondered if people thing that all the criminal they suspect may have they hand in Nashi's murder?

He wakes up when he heard: "Alleluia."
The church followers responded with joy. "Amen Amen Amen."
Amen mean surely. He noticed that here they respond surely tree time.
They introduced Apostle Vuyama who was a senior pastor in the congregation to come and preach this Sunday.
Vuyama a very respected pastor graduated from the school of Theology in the university of Nairobi in Eastern Africa country of Kenya.

Zaka look at the apostle wearing a black suit similar to his with a white shirt who was about to preach. Zaka Zaka decided not to allow any sleep but examine all the words the man has to say hoping to get something.
Vuyama started: "Brother and sister, it always during the feast that people of God are killed."
Zaka Zaka allergic to that words, made his eyes small and that killed words attracted attention. He wondered if it was his D day to have some substantial theory to back his cause in the church.
Vuyama continued: "Let me tell you brother and sister that it is during the feast that children of God are killed."
Vuyama gave the first Biblical verses of Genesis 40:20, saying that The third day it turned out to be Pharaoh's birthday and he proceedd to make a feast for all his servant and to lift up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the midst of his servants.
Zaka Zaka who was not good with searching the Bible verses didn�t' even know that Genesis was the first book of the Bible. He ends up at the last book of the Bible revelation. But when he saw her neighbor and his husband opening the first book he tried to follow but he was just too late as the preacher moved on. "It always was during celebration that trouble comes."
He wanted to warn the Christian to be careful when they were partying. Many thing s happen during the parties as many of the Christian and people end up loosing control after sometime heavy drinking. Many people end up even fighting under the influence of the alcohol and many accidents happening then. Some people end up getting some unknown one night loved.
"Today we are experiencing many kind of transmitted disease. It is important that we draw the line in our drink to avoid committing act that we will regret for the rest of our life."
Zaka Zaka Moba agreed with Vuyama. Never the less he never really forgives someone who insults him or do a bad act after drinking or even taking drugs. According to his culture, they punish all the people under the influence of drugs or alcohol the same as anybody else. They thought him that: "If someone insults you under the influence of drug or alcohol you have to punish him because beer or drug will only give him the courage of doing something that he has planned, wanting to do."
Zaka Zaka Moba believed that that drug or alcohol was just an excuse. The one who is drunk will only do thing that he wanted to do. Those substances will only give him the courage of doing thing that he wanted to do.
Alcohol or drug will only motivate him and achieve what he wanted to achieve.
Vuyama told the Christian: "Let look my favorite scripture about this subject in the book of Mark 6:27".
So the king immediately dispatched a bodyguard and commanded him to bring the head of John. And he went off and beheaded him in prison.
This time by accident Zaka Zaka Moba saw the book of Mark and was able to read together with many followers.
Zaka Zaka Moba was touched by this story. That Vuyama developed and explained. The story of John the Baptist the man who Baptized Jesus Christ. He was in prison at that time and Herodias organized a party to his house with his top ranking men and military. The daughter of Herodia come in and danced and pleased him. So the Herodia asked to his daughter to ask him any thing he wanted even the half of his kingdom. Herodia daughter went to ask for advice to her mother. And her mother because she had differences with John told her daughter to ask for John's head. And the king because he wanted to respect his promised sent the bodyguard in prison to behead John. All of this because of a party.

Zaka Zaka Moba felt so bad how the king could even proposed her half of his kingdom but a woman ask for the head of an innocent man? John who was arrested Herodia because he took the wife of his brother Philip.

Vuyama then asked a question to the church goers: "Do we have really to celebrate with parties?"
The all church was very quiet. It was a very difficult question. Of course everybody wanted to celebrate but may be to draw a line but at the same time the preacher the way is was preaching is like he was against celebration.
He repeated again the question: "Let put this way. Do you thing is a must for us to celebrate?"
The wall was quiet for sometime as a courage man raised his hand and then said: "I think we should celebrate but we have to draw a line. At the same time, they are many people who do not have enough money to make celebration. It is not a must for us really to celebrate."
The preacher apostle Vuyama said: "You are right. You are hundred percent right let me explain:"

Zaka Zaka Moba, agreed too with the man who answered the question. It was not a must to celebrate. Of course everybody would like to remember a special day in life like birthday but not everybody has the money to organize party. Zaka Zaka Moba agreed with the preacher that a line should be drowned. He, as a former policeman was always called after the parties or at the end of party, people fighting...
As a policeman he was always expecting to be called to solve a matter and catch people who cause trouble in the celebration.

Vuyama decided to explain: "We should all agreed that there is nothing wrong with celebration as long we draw a line as long we control ourselves."
He insisted: "It is not a must to celebrate."
Zaka Zaka Moba was amazed to hear the number of money spend during the national celebration by the government while they were many things to attend to. People starving on the street while for one day celebration millions and millions of money were thrown for the parties. He felt some where that the government should have used the large among of money in helping poor and people in need.
After the national celebration people forget and go to toilet to run all the free drinks and food they eat but life for the starving people continue.

They were many people unable even to celebrate for they birthday. One of the most important days in all people's life as everybody is born once. More than 90% of African where unable to celebrate his birthday.
Zaka Zaka Moba remembered while growing, they was no birthday celebration in they parent's house. He only started celebrating when he started working. Many of his policemen colleagues were not celebrating birthday may be for themselves as parent unable to buy even a small gift for their children.
Vuyama then said: "Let me teach you about some of the popular celebration we do today. I am not preaching but teaching.
Zaka Zaka Moba agreed with the preacher of the day. His tune of preaching or style was more a lesson to many people rather than a preaching."
- CHRISTMAS
The Bible does not tell us when Jesus was born. However, it does give us sound reason to conclude that his birth did not take place in December.

Considering the weather conditions of the years in Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ was born. The Jewish month of Chivlev corresponding to November/December was a cold month after that was Tebeth (December/January). It saw the lowest temperatures of the year, with occasional snows in the highlands. Let us see what the Bible tell us about the climate of the region.

The Bible writer Ezra shows that Chislev was indeed a month known for cold and rainy weather. After stating that a crowd had gathered in Jerusalem in the month of Chislev on the twentieth day of the month, Ezra report that people were shivering...on account of the showers of the rain. Concerning weather conditions at that time of the years, the congregated people themselves said: "It is the season of showers of rain and it not possible to stand outside" Check Ezra 10:9, 13 Jeremiah 36:22. No wonder Shepard living in that part of the world made sure that they and their flocks were no longer out of the doors at night when December came around.

The Bible reports, however that Shepard�s were in fields tending their flocks on the night of Jesus� birth in fact, the Bible writer Luke shows that at that time, Sheppard were living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over the flocks near Bethlehem. See Luke 2: 8-12. Notice that Sheppard were actually living out of the doors, not just strolling outside during the day. They had their flocks in the fields at night. Does that description of outdoor living fit the chilly and rainy weather conditions of Bethlehem in December? it does not. So circumstances surrounding Jesus �birth indicates that he was not born in December.
God's word tells us precisely when Jesus died, but it gives little direct indication as to when he was born. This brings to mind King Solomon's words: "A name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one's being born" See Ecclesiastes 7:1. It is not surprising, then that the Bible provides many details about Jesus' ministry and death but few details about the time of his birth.

Zaka Zaka Moba learnt something important that he never wanted to forget for the rest of his life. Zaka Zaka Moba never knew the birthday date of his parents as many African. In they village that time, the modern way of remembering date was not introduced yet. He felt a sense of relieve that even Jesus� Christ birthday his not that known or very precise. Zaka Zaka parent were able to identify they birth day date with the weather time and the man catastrophe that happen that time, may be great earthquakes, the wars...

Vuyama decided to continue with his lesson.
EASTER
There is no indication of the observation of the Easter festival in the New Testament. How do Easter started? It is rooted in pagan worship. While this holiday is supposed to commemorate Jesus� resurrection, the customs associated with the Easter season are not Christian. For instance, concerning the popular Easter bunker.
Vuyame insisted:
The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.
The date and the customs associated with the New Year�s celebration vary from one country to another. Let see an example of this celebration. The Roman ruler Julius Caesar established the January first day in 46 B>C. The Romans dedicated this day to Janus, the god of the gate, doors, and beginning. The month of January was named after Janus, who had two faces: one looking forward and the other looking backward. So New Year's celebrations are founded on pagan traditions.
HALLOWEEN
The elements of the customs connected with Halloween can be traced to a Druid (ancient Celtic priesthood) ceremony in the pre-Christian times. The celts had festivals for two majors� gods: a sun god and a god of the head..., whose festival was held on November 1, the beginning of the Celtic New Year. The festival of the dead was gradually incorporated into Christian ritual.
OTHER HOLIDAYS.
It is not possible to discuss all the observation held throughout the world. However, holidays that exalt human�s organizations are not acceptable to God. See Jeremiah 17: 5-7 and Acts 10:25, 26. Keep in mind too the origin of religious celebrations has a bearing on whether they please God or not.

Vuyama concluded: "Due to our financial restraint in Africa. I wanted to tell you brother and sister that we don't have to celebrate in parties. If you have enough money to do it, it is important to throw party but remember to behave in those parties. If you don't have enough cash please keep you�re saving for a better use."
The crowd applauds him even Zaka Zaka Moba was over happy to hear this preaching. For a while he forgot the case that brought him to the church. He remembered as a kid, the trauma he was going through when his neighbors who were much wealthy than them were celebrating while them were even ignoring the birthday parties.
This was a good preaching to show many people who had no money for celebration not to feel guilty for not celebrating the important days.

Zaka Zaka Moba remembered how many robbers were stealing in December because they wanted money too to celebrate. He remembered that one of the busiest months was December because all the criminal wanted to have money too for celebration. He wished that many of those criminals if only they may hear those kind of preaching, it may help them not to be committed in those kinds of activities just for celebration.

Many people may view this preaching in a different angle but Zaka Zaka Moba viewed it as a possible lesson to all the criminals too.
Zaka Zaka Moba only man he wanted to arrest if he was born at the time of Jesus Chirist was Judas. Once speaking with his wife one day he told her: "I could have arrested Judas not only for selling Jesus to his enemies" His wife was wondering what sin else Judas did, he was known of having sold Jesus Christ. But Zaka Zaka Moba told her that "Judas was a conman" He thought that Jesus Christ because he was making miracle could had saved himself from death. Judas thought that he will swindle Jewish's money. Taking their money then Jesus Christ will make a miracle and escape death. The biggest sin that Judas did to Jewish was "Swindle". He said that Judas committed suicide because his plan didn't go his way. Jesus Christ refused to perform a miracle he was expecting. He was very disappointed. If he knew from the start that Jesus will die, he couldn't commit suicide after taking the money.

SECOND PART

CHAPTER ONE: BREAKING NEWS

Just when everybody seems to forget for a while. The attention of people went to the election. The first democratic election that will take place in Zambia in two days. Radio Tshale has announced just before the midday that the hit man and the accomplices have been found.
Everybody was anxious to vote not carrying who will win the election. People have heard and have saw how the elections were taking place in many countries. Everybody had hope in election thinking that with election the misery will finish and end immediately and people will have a better life once the election takes places. The current government and the opposition have promised that after this fair election life will be better for everybody.
The election was the answer to end the misery.
Even old people never voted before. They were all anxious to vote and wait to die after the election.
The president Kaunda has promised that he will step down if he looses the election. Zambia was the one of the few countries in Africa that has never experienced war and don't want to have war even thought he was surrender by countries that were in war: Congo in the north. Congo has been in series of separatist wars especially in the province of Katanga. Angola in the West has experienced one of the worst wars that the entire Continent have never experienced. In the South Zimbabwe was in series of war for the independence under the leadership of Mugabe. Far South in Mozambique who will forget that war of RINAMO and the government. Everybody has the sad memory of the sudden death of Mozambican President Samura Marshal, who airplane was hit by a rocket or a missile just next to the South African borders where he was from a conference with many African presidents who attended that conference.
Not forgetting the revolution in Namibia in South West of Zambia. All the six countries involved in sharing frontier (border) with Zambia had experienced some kind of war and Zambia was the land who received many of the African fleeing the war includes those who run away from apartheid in South Africa. Zambia was known as the hospitality country in Africa.
Kaunda has apologized for all his the wrong doing of his entourage include many general who tortured civilian. He has apologized for not being able to run the country effectively.
The man opposition leader Tshiluba promised a better life for Zambian and all the people who chose Zambia has a refuge country. In Tshale his Prof Kubeka was supporting his comrade and asked for people to choose for a new generation to take Zambia in the new era. He said that the country was home to millions of people and everybody has the right to be given a chance to run his own country not only few thousand of people who were given the chance and they all fail to run the country.

The president and the opposition has been assuring people that even because of they difference view they were not willing to see the country split to war. They have been working hand in hand for the last few months. It is the opposition leader Tshiluba who suggested to the president to name a man that he knows in Tshale as the acting mayor after the mayor has resigned after the murder of Nashi coinciding with the change of system in America Bush loosing to Bill Clinton.
Many observers have come from around the world to make sure that the election is free and fair. The analyst has speculated that because Bill Clinton a democrat has won the election they will be many changes in many countries in the world include Africa.
The communist was defeated and there was no need anymore to support any dictatorship for the sake of capitalism. They predicted with the fall of Russia that many war in the world will end.
Now the killers of Nashi were found and this could but the acting mayor and the opposition in Tshale and the all country Zambia.
The journalist who announced on radio Tshale the names of the killers made people wondering who is the killer? Why did they kill a young woman? How it happen? Who finally was the man who succeeded in the long waiting investigation? Why the woman was decorated little like Jesus on the cross or stake?

Zaka Zaka Moba who loved his former job of investigating and loved to watch the American investigation's movie but had his different method of investigation. All his successful cases had two coinciding methods. He got the hit man and was searching at other way the man who hired him so he can not disappear in the city. Most of the time when he used to catch the hit man even if his co operative the other suspect has always time to disappear when they were aware that the other suspect his arrested.

The news was spreading so quickly in the small city of Tshale even before the radio announce. Already thousand of people were already informed that Nashi was killed before that radio announces. In Tshale everybody was brother and they were not hiding the news.

The break through come just one week before the election and two day before the election the radio announced the news. How it happen. It coincided a Sunday in the still biggest church in Tshale newly named Tabernacle. The pastor founder of the church who had about 4000 followers almost lost them when Ramy the rich man deserted the church. The news spread that Ramy left because the pastors founder Mzee promised to heal her famous daughter Sissa Ramy from cancer but that delay made worst the disease. When they realize that Sissa's state of health was not improving, they send her back to the hospital overseas. She was amputated but the cancer was at uncontrollable state and she died back in Tshale. Tabernacle was back on the rise. It has all the potential to rise again. It was well built and had the finest music and imported music instrument. Followers could have found everything needed in that church and the best preacher and not forgetting many national and international evangelists were often invited by Tabernacle.
Almost 4000 followers spread and run away from the church only two hundred left.
Mzee Jakaranda come up with another strategy changing the name of the church and firing some of his twelve pastors and keeping only four famous faces include Ben who was the only pastor educated from the Theology University of Lusaka. In about one year plenty of new faces come to the church and making it again a leader in number of followers. Mzee Jakaranda the former Anglican Church priest was very good with strategy.
The fired pastors went on to form not one church but many churches. It how many churches were born in this city includes the naked sect called Shalom.
It was not the end because many pastors and they new collaborators had many differences and each day new churches and sects were taking place.
It was in Tabernacle were Nashi served and Pastor Simon Kelemani was the man to preach in Tabernacle, Mzee's church. Like all the preachers he had time to prepare in advance week ago to prepare the preaching subject. They make sure to come with the best words for the church goers. He prepared the verses and the subject to talk about.

The church building was the most modernize and the biggest one. 90% completed it had a seat capacity of 5 thousand people and making it the second biggest church building in Zambia and one of the most admired church in Africa. It was a proud of Zambia.

After a series of praying. They introduced the preacher: "Today, we will have the honour to get the spiritual food from one of the most respected man of our church Tabernacle."

Simon Kelemani was called him "the small Mzee" because the man helped Mzee to build this big church that started in a living room. He was faithful to God since his early age in life. He worked for God and still serving him. He is a very respectable man. When Mzee Jakranda is absent it him who takes care of the ships. Ship was the common name of follower and the pastors were Sheppard who look after the ships

The introducer said: "Let welcome with claps and singing joy the preacher of today pastor Simon"
The people applauded with the woman putting their spices with the African clicks to welcome the second ranked man in the church. The man wearing a clerical shirt black shirt, white suit and a black shirt. He walked slowly toward the preaching chair waving to the followers. He started by hugging the introducer while people to applaud more: "Alleluia!"
The follower responded: "Amen."
"Alleluia"
"Amen."
"I don't hear the sound of joy." Simon said "I don't hear any nothing. I want you to scream as loud as possible: People of God, Alleluia."
"Amen."
"Leg go again" The preacher said "Again, Alleluia."
"Amen."
"That is correct."
Simon Kelemani was not pleased with the church goers applaud and said:

Men, I wonder why people of God are shy to scream and dance for Jesus. I really wonder why? If they tell you to scream loudly to win lotto, I think that all the people who scream loudly. But God is more than the lotto because he is the richer or the richer, the king of the king, the father of the father. The human kings get old and dye with their bunch of doctors and security unable to save his soul. The king of this world with thousand of bodyguards will die from a microbe that enters his body without a visa or passport. The king of this world with a bunch of doctors get old die and get rotten like most of the animal dying in our forest. Nehemiah 8:10, said: And he went on to say to them: Go, eat the fatty things, and send portions to the one for whom nothing has been prepared; for this day is holy to our lord, and do not feel hurt, for the joy of God is your stronghold. This day is the holy day.

Simon Kelemani hasn�t preached for about one month and it took time and day to prepare this talk. He felt that it was one of the best talk he never give and one of the talks that will remain in the followers mind and even Mzee Jakaranda the founder of the church. Very energetic he continued:

God after creating everything rested Sunday. This day is a holy day. Just the fact of being here is a grace from God. Many don't have this opportunity to be here. Many are involved in the accidents, others are sick, other have died, other don't even know the name of our lord Jesus, other are just lazy to come here but God have given you the opportunity to breath and come to the house of God. Why do you have to be shy to express the joy? I want you all to scream loudly as possible, scream until you feel your voice gone for Jesus. Let go: Alleluia!
"Amen."
"Alleluia."
"Amen."
Simon's Kelemani insisted in telling to people who were shy to praise God. "We have to be thankful for God's wonder. He could have created us animals, cat or dog that children hit with stones."
The children of Tshale loved hitting the dogs with stones. They loved chasing dogs during the day while many were looking for food in the dustbin. In Tshale people were neglecting to well nourish they dog who looks after them at night. And the dog once out of they yard was not bagging. But very dangerous in their yard and at night. Strange the dogs who loved children in many part of the world hated children. Once they see a child in their yard, they could bag and even bite the children badly.
Simon Kelemani said gain: "God could have created us even as mosquito or insects and they could have killed us with insecticide."
Tshale and many African countries was home to mosquito the biggest killer in Africa even today by the disease Malaria. Malaria was the popular disease and they were many mosquitoes all around the cities and villages.
The preacher said �God could have created us as antelope and we could have been killed by now. He could have created us elephant and we could have been shot by the hunter and the teeth could have been taken. He could have created us as lion too and we could have been killed and our skin sold for shoes and decorating houses."
Then Simon urged to people to scream with all they voices and not being shy: "Brother and sister Alleluia."
The all church went so loud: "Amen."

Pastor Simon was pleased with respond of the followers this time. He always wanted people not to be shy of God. Pastor Simon was very quiet when not preaching but when preaching he look like a very different person. He was so energetic. He agreed with the response:

"That is correct" Simon said "I was blessed that Mzee told me to preach this Sunday. It is always a blessing to see thousands of people in the holy house. I bless God the lord of the lord, the father of the father, the doctor of the doctor, the clever of the clever, the boss of the boss, the king of the king, the president of the president, the champion of the champion, the majesty of the majesty, the pastor of the pastors, the master of the masters, the teacher of the teachers, the lover of the lovers,�"

People applauded with all the names he was giving to God. Then arrive Zaka Zaka this time not wearing a suit but a black jeans and black glasses accompanied by six well armed soldiers and six policemen. He knew that Tabernacle had a high number of followers and some of them may prevent him of doing his job.

Then the saw a group of policemen entering the church not wearing civil clothes but wearing their uniform armed like in a war zone except Zaka Zaka Moba wearing a jeans and black glasses. It was just after ten hours in the morning. The church volunteer didn't ask them anything as they entered like all the followers coming to the church service but well dressed. The preacher was busy preaching: "Today, we will talk about a very interesting subject. The good government. I repeat again the good government. Our country is going for the first democratic election Tuesday and we are all looking forward to vote for the first time. I am myself fifty years old but never even voted or seen a voting paper or voting ballots. Today's world is full of paradoxes. In the midst of material abundance, many barely eke out a living. This electronic generation could well be the most educated and knowledgeable to date, yet more and more people have a hard time finding a stable job. Though humans seem to have more freedom than ever before, million live in a climate of fear, insecurity, and uncertainly. We may be surrounded by alluring opportunities, but corruption and lawlessness in places high and low have resulted in the hopeless for many."

This subject of good governance was suitable for the country. It was Sunday and Tuesday had to be the first democratic election in the country. It was announced that it would be a public holiday.

They saw a group of policemen toward the preaching chair. People started wondering:
"Where are the police in uniform going?"
"What wrong with the police man?"
"This doesn't look good at all"
"What do the police want?"
The saw the police and the soldier, twelve accompanying Zaka Zaka Moba of them stopping the man of God from continuing to preach. The preacher remembered those words cracking his nerves: "Look, let me tell you the truth. You loved me but I never loved you. Then let forget about me. You are old and I don't feel you anymore. I should get a young an energetic man for me to please me."
Simon Kelemani tried to immediately defend himself on the podium from the aggressor: "Don't play with fire. I am servant of God what do you want?"
Zaka Zaka with all his authority took the microphone that the preacher was using and said: "You are arrested for the murder of Nashi."
The pastor screamed: "You are lying; I don't know what you are talking about."
A church volunteer security went to defend the pastor: "This is a house of God. A pastor is a man of God and may not do such crime."
One of the policemen said: "He is a man of God but he is a human with good and bad side too."

The church founder, Mzee Jakaranda who was seating in front with his wife and other dignitaries of the church with they wives could accept this mess in the middle of the preaching. He was a much disciplined man and many people respected him. For all those years he is been working for God he never seen anything like this. He made his way through the heavily armed soldiers and policemen and intervenes while all the church dignitaries were up on their feet. They all assumed that may be because the election were coming and the acting mayor Kubeka who was well known for criticizing the church could have send those people to perturb the church service. Mzee Jakaranda intervened: "This is crazy, you don't show any sign of respect to the holly house."
The preaching that started well ended in a drama. Followers in the church were watching now the battle between God's servant and the police.
Zaka Zaka Moba said: "It is a holy house but it is a house build with the same brick used to build our houses, prison and hospitals. The Bible wasn't fax from heaven, it a book written by human like me and you."
One of the volunteer begged the policemen on his knees: "Please allow him to finish the preaching. It was a very interesting subject; we may get a lot blessing through this subject. Please wait for him to finish the subject you also may get some blessing."

The intervention in the church of many people didn't change the determined policemen to change their mind not to arrest or even let the pastor finishs the preaching.
Zaka Zaka Moba was so determine to arrest Simon Kelemani while the church followers were watching all the scenes. Unable to help and defend the pastor. Few hundreds of followers went outside watching Zaka Zaka Moba handcuffing the respected pastor Simon and throwing him in the police van outside.
They look at helpless Simon thrown like a box in the police van. They watched helpless the military tank and the police vehicle and Zaka Zaka Moba on his motorbike leaving the big church premises.

In that confusion, Mzee Jakaranda told asked to his tree remaining pastors left into the church �What can we do now? The service has to continue with the same subject who can preach?"
Many pastor where not prepared to continue with the same subject. Then Ben Tatiti who becomes the son in law of the church founder said: "I can continue the preaching in the same way."
He checked quickly his notes while the choirs sang tree straight songs. When he was ready he went to the podium to try to continue the preaching that he left.

CHAPTER TWO: WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN

Mzee Jakaranda the church founder was thinking about what will happen if Simon Kelemani is guilty or if his not guilty. If his not guilty has hoped the church will earn more followers but if his guilty it may be the last nail to the coffin.
Ramy's daughter death wasn�t the only incident to hit the African Church newly named Tabernacle but this is a big one. He wondered for about an hour why a pastor could be linked to a murder just in case if it is true.

The Mzee Jakaranda remembered that Simon's wife complained twice to the church founder on his husband attitude. She said that his husband who was only fifty was not interested in her. Mzee quick read Simon's wife Mama Kapinga mind and suspected that she is suspected that his husband can have a love affair somewhere else.
Mzee Jakaranda realized that Simon's wife Mama Kapinga had enough. She was not trying to say directly because she wanted to protect his husband job and reputation. Because she was not that clear to Mzee. Mzee let her understand that the man's body gets tired at some stage of life. She does not to expect his husband very interested in sleeping with her as when they were teen. He told her that it will happen to her too she will loose interest too in sleeping with the husband.
What many people forgot his that God's servants were human been too. Followers look at more on the human�s doing than the words of God. Despite the intolerable law for adultery and fornication, it was impossible to control some clever God's servant.
Many people have lost their integrity because of adultery. Mzee remembered how the popular American preacher Jimmy Swagger reputation for a while was hit by this sin. Mzee Jakaranda remembered that many of the pastors and preachers were fired because of this sin.
It was the sin that Satan uses to seduce many God's servant and disgrace the entire church. He had no tolerance of this sin. Satan use sex to bring down people's who burn him with the fire of God.

Mzee was saying to himself that some time there is no smoke without fire. Sometime the truth take years to be discovered. Zaka Zaka has come to interview him a almost a week ago.

Zaka Zaka Moba first thought that may be people from other churches wanted to bring down the biggest church in town Tabernacle to take they thousands followers. He went to many churches and interviewing people but end up catching one suspect for the same church were Nashi prayed, Pastor Simon Kelemani.
For Zaka Zaka Moba justice time has arrived. The justice that was nicknamed a revenge to a crime committed, eyes for eye teeth for teeth.
Simon the second ranked man in the church, one of the very respectable man in the community had an affair with a 25 years old woman choir singer and church volunteer.
They kept secret for more than five years. She protected the image of pastor Simon for all those years.
Because he was married and had nine children. And because he was a well respected pastor and she too was a dedicated member of the church.
He used to visit the woman called Nashi often twice a week late at night at her place.
He used to wear differently with big caps, Vietnamese look alike hat when going to Nashi's place. He used to pay the rent and give her money each and every month. She was not only a very dedicated choir's member in the church. She was the one who was responsible for the cleaning of the church.
Nashi was a very quiet woman by nature, she was approached by many men to get married but she was rejecting the offer. In Africa that time to be single at 25 years old for a woman was a curse. Her parent couldn't take it anymore as the approached her one day when Nashi visited them.

They lived some five miles away in the same town of Tshale. Nashi father was a retired administrator and her mother like many women in Africa that period never work but she had a small farm outside Tshale like many people.
Nashi's father talk very less and he was the one who always sending Nashi's mother to talk while the father was listening first. The only time he used to talk his when he wanted to punish a child or want to shout. He managed to build a nice four room house and was currently living on the pension money he was getting after he has retired. He wanted as most of the people to seat outside under the popular trees in Tshale mangoes and chart with his visitors. As usually Nashi's mother was the one starting the subject: "Nashi, why are you humiliating us?"

Her parent her more than five men and she rejected them with the same answer: "God told me not to get married to them."
They were living in Africa where at Nashi's age she should been married and have more than four children. The parent kept asking her: "When are you going to get married?"
This is the kind of question she always avoids. She even stopped visiting her parents for more than 6 months because of this question: "I am not single because I am married to Jesus. The church is my husband now. When God will give me the right man I will take him into marriage. From now Jesus is my husband and the church is my house."
The parents who were Christians and traditional believer couldn't take it no more. His father tried to explain her why it was important for her to get married: "We are not against the church."
They respected Nashi's dedication to the church and they respected her choice. But they not happy when they were hearing that they friend's daughter have given birth and they wanted Nashi too to give a grand child, they wanted Nashi to make a family and make them proud. All they friends were mocking at Nashi's parent: "look their daughter is getting old without being married and not having any children."
Her mother begged her while his father was watching Nashi's reaction. "Nashi, you are growing and you don't get any younger, think about reality. Jesus is the savior but you need to start a family."
The father ran short of words for a while. Then caught some words: "Look, even your colleagues who are singing in the church like you, many are married and have children."
Nashi's father Mr. Bulela once he talks was to give command and shout. He made up his mind already:
Nashi, we will give you our neighbour into marriage now. Like it or not you will take him in marriage. We won't take your excuses anymore. Time is running out and we want to prove wrong to all the critics about you. Don't you feel like having a man in your life? Don't you have some natural feeling to be with a man on your side?
The father even suspected that the woman has no sexual desire or may be she is sick. Bulela has fought a lot with Nashi's mother because of the suspicious. He wanted to take her to the traditional doctors to find a cure to her daughter so she may get interested in men too.

Nashi was very firm in her decision: "I told you and I repeat, I am happy with my husband Jesus, he gave me peace of heart and blesses me the same time."
His father who was educated tried to persuade his daughter in using simple words: "Look, we know Jesus, it is the most popular name in the country with the drink Coca Cola."

Bulela saying that because no one doesn�t know that name but the bottom line is that they wanted Nashi to get married. If she didn't have any feeling for a man, they wanted to find the traditional healer to find a cure for her. For many African they thought that only men are impotent but Bulela who was quiet educated has learnt that women can be impotent too.
Bulela asked her a question: "You don't sleep with man at your age; you sleep alone in a beautiful bed. First tell us who is paying the rent of your room and who is giving you money?"
This was a tricky question: "I work for Jesus; the church is taking care of me. I sing in the church and I am in charge of cleaning the big church and the pastors are aware of the time I spend into the church and support me."
Her mother who was quiet for some time decided to back her husband: "Jesus, his a spirit, let me be realistic. When we brought you on earth we were proud of being parent to a baby girl who will give us grand children. You started going to the church, then after all you started loosing interest in the man."

Her mother remembered that when Nashi was young they used to catch her with boys around the tree hiding and kissing each other. But it is been six years that they don't even see her hanging around with any man. It is why Nashi's mother kept telling his father that she was not impotent. She has feeling for man. Now she was wondering if the feeling has gone.

In Tshale all the single women committed to the church were surnames Jesus� wife or married to Jesus. It was a very common name in Tshale.
Her mother took an emotional breath then continued: "Tell me your spirit husband Jesus, changes the look to take the physically body and sleep with you at night? Or you masturbate alone in your bed? Masturbation can be allowed for some occasion but not for the entire life? You know, it hard for we African to talk about sex subject but we are force to do so because we don't see any light in your life!"
This time her parents were decided to even mention strange words. She wasn't pleased to hear those kinds of words: "Mom, you are talking no sense. This is a disgraced to our African tradition. I am married to Jesus that is all."
She was upset that the parent talked about sex. In the African culture in that generation parents could never talk about that subject called taboo in the tradition. But the parents decide to talk about it because they hide they disappointment for many year. They were shy to reproach her. She was also very shocked that the parents went over the limit as she angrily said: "I have a physically man in life. I don't want to tell you the name because he is a very respectable man in the church. He is unfortunately married and has many children."
Some sense of relieve to her parents. She was so upset now that she decides to say all except one thing: "I want to keep his good reputation and my reputation clean. We have been in love for almost five year now. I got abortion twice and this time, I won't commit anymore abortion, I will give you a grand child."
Bulela the father was happy as his looked Nashi's mother and said: "I told you, that Nashi must have a man in life."
Her mother replied: "I told you too that I suspected once Nashi being pregnant. She took a lot of weight and amazingly the pregnancy disappears few days later. She has just confirmed now she committed two abortions before."
The Nashi's mother begged her: "Nashi, please don't kill anymore babies. We will look after her if you not ready to take care of him. Some of the baby you killed could have been: pastors, ministers, robbers or teachers."
Then she asked her the one thing she didn't mention: "Who is that man and we will keep secret?"
Nashi answered: "I think that I told you what I felt was important he is one of the most ranked and respected man in the church."
Nashi' s father said: "Mzee Jakaranda?"
"Not him another one."
"Tell us, we will keep secret."

Nashi's parent worries were over; they were ready to call the traditional doctor to heal her the next day. They thought that Nashi was impotent. They were proud to hear that Nashi was a woman with all the feeling like other's women.
She was firm in her decision to keep her lovers name secret: "I won't tell his the name." Nashi said "I want to protect him. He is married and has many children. The Bible does not allow him to be polygamy but we are very much in love. If he wasn't involved in the church I could have been her second wife."

Kotsho Nashi's Bulela's neighbour was not in good term with Nashi. He was married and was not used to chat to her neighbour like many African do with their neighbours. He was not a church goers him and her family.
All the church leaders were well known by many people of Tshale and very respected.
In fact Kotsho had little time as he was going to his daily job as a carpenter in Tshale. He was always very busy. Many people were building house and his demand of hard work make impossible for him to have time to interact with his neighbours.
Kotsho loved too farming it why he had a large number of animal at them back of his yard. He wife used to look after the animal and was going to another farm at 15 kilometers of Tshale.
Nashi too had few time to interact. She was a very dedicated Christian spending most of the time at the church called Tabernacle and at the same time attending the choir rehearsal were she was a member on top of that do other voluntary's work at the church include cleaning the biggest church in Tshale.
The question everybody had been asking themselves that was is the link between God's servant Simon and criminal Overdoes. No link, no connection. Why the very respected investigator Zaka Zaka Moba could arrest an angel and demon for a same crime?
Kotsho who heard the news while seating under the popular mango�s tree in Tshale remembered what he saw a year ago. It was in the dark of the none lighted street of Tshale that pastor Simon entering her room late at night.
He saw a man rushing into her room. Because it took a while for the door to be open. The man wearing a huge hat like a Vietnamese pulled out his hat before entering the woman room.
The man looked more like Pastor Simon Kelemani. But with all the respect he had for church pastors. He refused to accept his eyes vision that the man who was entering Nashi's room was a pastor.
Kotsho was the most hit with the animal who run away. Out of 43 animals who run away 11 belonged to Kotsho. He recovered after few days 7 animals found far from Tshale. Some were found 40 kilometers away from the city. But his two dogs were gone forever and he recovered two of his cows only. He really had his hope in cows, the one who gives him morning milk and on top of that he was expecting to sell some of them at the end of the year and get substantial money.
Kotsho by accident saw that man entering Nashi's room look more like pastor Simon. He didn't take the matter further because he thought that anyway it wasn't his business. Nashi has her right to live her life without any interference in her doing. She was old enough to do whatever she wanted to do. He didn't know that this could have been could have helped in the arrest of the criminal one day. He knew that Simon Kelemani was married and as a pastor he could have cheated on his wife.

After that Nashi announced and made a promise to her parents to keep the pregnancy, she decided to talk to the father of the future baby.
Simon was a pastor even when he was going late at the night to Nashi's room because he was paying for her room rent. Simon had a very understandable suitable excuse to his family for Wednesday night but for another day that Wednesday he had to make up another excuses. Simon's family knew that Pastor Simon was going every Wednesday for a night pray in the city. Other day he had to tell to his wife Kapinga: "I am going to pray for a sick woman�, I am going to visit a follower"
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Kapinga, Simon's wife knew that every Wednesday he had to go for a night pray at one of the church's cell but he often refused to be accompanied. Every Wednesday Simon, used to take even the blanked pretending to be used at the pray session not forget the big Vietnamese hat. Even thought they lived in a hot country, they needed blanket. Most of the night prays room of the church cell was not that comfortable. Most of them the followers meet to the house were they have to pray. They arrive at that house before twelve noon. Many arrive at the pray place at around nine. They will seat there chatting for a while and some could even sleep. Then at midnight they will start the pray until five to six hours in the morning.
The reason of praying at that moment is that the pray were very effective. It believed that the witches who send bad luck in human's life work from 12 hours at the night until four hours in the morning. Many church goers who prays at that time see they projects and are blessed because they fight the servant of Satan when they are busy working too.
The politician were not the only people who loved to work at night for security reason in a period of many coup d'etat but also the church followers loved to meet often once a week at that time too.

In street Simon could open the blanked and cover himself and wear a big hat like a mad man walking late at night. No one could notice him.

At the start of his Wednesday night pray the excuse was little bit strange to his wife. She proposed him to accompany him sometime at that Wednesday night pray but he always told her not to accompany him because it was a delivering process where demons where chased and could have find refuge in her wife who was not powerful in the word of God.
It believed that the demons chassed from church goers body could get in of a human's who is around and who is not that strong with God's power. Kapinga wasn't that strong with pray too.
She trusted her husband and even stopped wondering where he was going every Wednesday as time go by.

Shortly after Nashi spoke to his parent was very decided to tell Simon about her decision to go ahead and keep the pregnancy this time. Pastor Simon arrived as usually in hiding method an Wednesday.
He wasn't using a car to go to Nashi's room to avoid any kind of suspicious activities. The city has few cars and most of the citizen knew the owner of the car. The same time he could have saved the money for petrol. The petrol price kept rising. On top of that no need to use the car in a quiet peaceful city. Not forgetting that Nashi was living near by at about two mile away from Simon's family house. It was just a short distance to walk too.

This time when he knocked at the door. Nashi didn't have to ask who was at the door because he knew how Pastor Simon was knocking at the door.
Many of the neighbour and citizen of Tshale use to sleep early in many of the houses that had no electricity. The majority of houses in Tshale about 70 % of them had no electricity. Like in many villagers people sleep very early. They had very few night clubs, no electricity, no activity that required being awake at the late hours. By nine in the evening the streets were quiet.
There were no crimes in that city to be scared of walking alone late in the night. She opens the door and gave a hug to the pastor and said: "Pastor, we have to talk seriously now."
Pastor had no clue about what she was going to say: "I don't have time to talk a lot; you know what sacrifice I always made to come here. I play the mad man in the streets and then I lie to my wife and family. I just come to have some Tsha Tsha Tsha."

Tsha Tsha Tsha meant to have sex in the local dialect. She responded: "This is quiet serious, I am in a big pressure from my family to get married." Nashi said "We have been going out secretly for many years. My parents have given me a lot of men that I rejected because of our love."
He thought that it wasn't so serious. Sometime women used to pretend of not being interested in sex while they wanted they man insisted for a while. It wasn't that unusual for a man to hear an excuse from a woman. This time Nashi Bulela look more serious as she was talking to her lover at the door of the room.
Simon who didn't want no one to know that he had another young lover as his church wanted the elder of the church and dedicated Christian to be an example to many wives like most of the African man. They were against polygamous and were discouraging that practice too. Simon's wanted to enter completely in the room so Nashis could close the door before anyone suspect him and see him with the light that was Nashi's room. He told Nashi: "What do you need else. I pay the rent, I give you money and I give you the best Tsha Tsha Tsha."

Simon's managed to enter the room and closed the door. Safe in the room he decided to continue his mission.
The woman was so serious that he refuses the old man to approach him: "Look, my parents want me to have a new identity."

They wanted her to be married. In their culture not being married at her age is a curse. Nashi's parent has really succeeded to convince her to get married. Since she talk with her parent, she accepted they proposition and to get married. They were many men proposing her but because she loved Simon who was married she decided to have a secret relationship.
He gave her an immediate answer and tips: "Tell them that you are married to Jesus."

Good excuse for all the single women. Nashi was a member of the church choir and on top of that she was one of the women in charge of the cleaning of the church. He gave her a Biblical motivation for a man to have many lovers: "Forget about the Mzee and the church law David and Solomon were kings and servants of God but hundred of wives."
This was is biggest excuse he always tells to his young lover. It wasn't the first time that the pastor reminded him of his right to be with her.

Nashi has accepted that excuse for a man to have many wives. At some stage she was wondering why the church today will forbid the Christian to have many wives while some people in the Bible had many wives.
Nashi remembered in the women's group meeting each Tuesday she even clashed with the church woman's president on this practice.

The woman had another thing in her mind. The excuse I am married to Jesus was a popular temporary excuse in Tshale for all the Christian's women: "I want now a physical husband not a spiritual husband. Married to Jesus was a temporary excuse. Every single woman uses in our community as a temporary excuse."
Simon who was madly in love with the young woman didn't want to let her go: "I am your official husband, it just my job don't allow me to have publicly two wives."

For Simon Nashi was his second wife. Look, all the sacrifice he made for year supposed to be repay: playing the mad man in street with a blanket on top and a big hat just to be with his lover and the same time leaving his big family and wife Kapinga just to see her. He told Nashi while trying to touch her: "I am more attracted by your beauty than anything else in the world."
The woman seems to stick to her decision: "I know how much you love me. My parents called me at their house this morning and seriously told me that they are giving their neighbour to marry me."

Simon laughed for a while and understood why the woman acts strange. In they culture it was always difficult to sleep with the woman the first time but once succeeding the other time it was very easy. Nashi's knew that when Simon comes Wednesday it was to sleep with her. It was automatic. It was that day they could chat and talk. At the church when they meet, they were always pretending that nothing was going between them. Some they look each other like stranger in the group of people. "Forget all the stories," Simon said "I am your husband."
"But they want me to have children." Nashi said "All my friends have many children now except me. I am a human after all. I did two abortions and I am not ready to do the third abortion."

Nashi reminded him of the painful relationship when they realized that Nashi was pregnant. This could have been the down fall of the pastors and a respected choir member. This could have been the end of Simon he could have lost the respect in the community and his job once.

When they realized that she was pregnant the first time. They succeeded in meeting an abortion specialist Dombasi in town who help her. For the second time it was very complicated because it was approaching 4 months. Nashi almost lost her life. It was by the experience of Dombasi who was a nurse that she is alive today.
It was a also very risky for Dombasi, because it was illegal to commit an abortion. He could have been arrested once the woman's die on his hand. Not only to be sentence by the court of law. They was the community court that was more feared than the the modern court. The community once catches you; they need few minutes to judge you and some time don't judge you. They sentence you immediately and kill you. They wanted to punish the criminal as quick as possible before the police come and save the criminal who will be send in what they call safer place, the prison that was called in Tshale: "government hotel". Where the criminal will enjoy the free food and bed while many people in the growing African countries where homeless and starving from hunger.
They were no clinic for abortion in Zambia so many nurses used to earn more extra money in helping at they private houses young woman to commit abortion.
Most of they client where school girl who where falling pregnant. They were scared of they parent who could have punish them. To get pregnant before being married was a family shame for all the African's parent.

Simon Kelemani was very allergic on this word pregnancy: "What do you mean?"
"I mean that I am not doing anymore abortion."
Simon took now matter seriously. He stops trying to touch the woman. He sat on the bed in the small room that had only a bed and a cupboard plus a small stove on the corner.
He felt a sense of hunger in him to a woman who was very cooperative in they two attempt previously to keep they image perfect: "Stupid, my image is all for me. Once I am caught, I will loose my place in the society and the same time, I will loose the job in the church, I will loose my respect." Simon begged the woman "Let do the Tsha Tsha Tsha and we will talk later."

It was the first time that Nashi announced that she was pregnant for the third time. Then an idea flow in his mind. He suspected that the woman was making an excuse to have sex that night. He approach again next to the woman put his hand on her leg trying to stimulate her so she can get the feeling and look at in her eyes: "Please."
"No" Nashi said "I say no, Simon"
She declined the pastor's demand: "I am not ready for the Tsha Tsha Tsha. I am more than disturbed by my parent pressure. I am thinking about my future too. I want to be respected as a wife too and have children. I am pregnant."

Now he realized that the shy woman was more than serious. He saw now the danger. He stops undressing himself. He put his head down for a while. He felt an immediate heat: "Pregnant?"
"Yes, I am pregnant."
He thought that they will do the same procedure in doing abortion as usual. He had to see Dombasi and pay him and in a matter of day the coming trouble will be over. He wanted to get ride of the baby as soon as possible. So he envisaged and planned to do the abortion the next coming day: "I will call that nurse who helped you for the two abortions to make this abortion" Simon Kelemani said "then we will see how to handle the situation."

Dombasi with all the respect he had for a client pastor could have just brought his medical suit and come and performs the abortion at Nashi's house late at night to avoid anybody to suspect.

This was Simon's shock as the woman refused to have abortion this time: "I am sorry, this time I may leave you, and you are respected as a pastor and a father to a big family. I want to be respected too as a wife and mother. I won't make any abortion this time."
"What?"
"No abortion," The young woman said "I said the decision is final and I don't care what will happen next. I could have got two children by now. It is not easy to have children not easy at all. Some people are praying day and night to have children while I am throwing them. Any way we are children of God and have to respect the big gift of live. Those children we thrown in the dustbin are may be our future president, the are may be minister and may be very successful. I am not ready to commit a suicide anymore. Last time I even risk my all life. I wanted to die because I was almost four months pregnant. My mother told me that she even noticed that I was pregnant for a while. Forget what you are trying to do; I will carry a baby for nine months this time."
Pastor Simon got angry as he told her: "I told you to give me some Tsha Tsha Tsha and we will talk later but you are not ready to give me. I don't play the mad man in the street just to come here and listen to your speech. I am sorry; give me first the Tsha Tsha Tsha."
Nashi, got angry this time: "The problem we have is more than the Tsha Tsha Tsha. It is easy to make a child but it difficult to take the responsibility. The five minutes pleasure that you want may just bring a life time challenge."
The situation was getting out of control. Simon tried to take advantage of the money he spends: "I told you that you are my wife, I pay the rent for you and I give you money too."

Nashi wasn't that desperate. He parent and her relatives could have easily gave her a room or support her to pay the mere rent she used to pay. The price of the renting in that electrifies room was only 5000 Kwatcha about 10$. The church also pays her sometime for the cleaning service and was willing to support her. Mzee Jakaranda will never let her down when she is in trouble and need money. She was a native of Tshale her parent are alive and she a big family to help me when she is in difficulties.
They were living in a semi rural and semi modern city were the African tradition was still existing. In the African tradition they were no stranger: "Everybody was member of an extended family."
She could have knocked at anyone door and sleep there. The true African identity was still there. Even thought the city was rapidly growing the city was still from beggars and homeless people.
She look at the man who was twice her age in her eyes and told him: "It doesn't mean that because you pay the rent for me, I have to be your slave of you. It doesn't mean that because you give me money I have to be a sex toy. I want now a decent future; I have been protecting you for many years now. Now, I am telling you that no to abortion and secondly I want to please my parent and family to be called wife not only woman or girl, I want to be called wife. And I have to stop sinning against God in sleep with you an old married man."
Pastor Simon, tried to come down for a while in begging Nashi: "You know, how much I love you. I always told you that if it wasn't for you, I couldn't have been alive. I could have died. I love you more than anything, more than my wife of nine children. You are everything to me and I am lucky to be sitting next to you. Let do some Tsha Tsha Tsha then we will talk about the future after."
The pastor tried to get closer to the woman but she pushed him away. He used to beg her and she was always responding well to his demand. It was the first time in their relationship that the woman gives trouble: "Pastor, I told you that time is running out for me; I rejected many men who wanted me to be their wife because of our secret affairs. My family has been humiliated because of the secret affairs. I am the one who is loosing, all my friends have children. I am not ready for sex now. My parents today told me some taboo words: they qualify me of impotent and the same time they suspected me of masturbating all those years."
Simon hated immediately Nashi's parents. But the woman showed his love for her parents: "They are my gods on earth and I have the right to respect them and listen to what they are saying. It is been five years that I am keeping our love affair secret. You enjoy the Tsha Tsha Tsha and then you will leave me and join your family. Me I don't have any children and you still enjoying in using me and them helping me to get abortion."
She stopped for a while before concluding: �They don't buy life or children into the market. I want a child to make my parent happy. I am pregnant and I want to repay the sacrifice that my parents did to bring me into this earth. I am sorry for all the trouble I may cause."
He knows how Nashi was confidential. She kept the secret for many years. Many pastors were fired because of sexual misconduct but Nashi kept for long the secret. She knows how Nashi could affect her personality if she opens her mouth. She always faithful but this time she seems not taking any excuses. She wanted to keep the baby and hopeful make a family. Pastor Simon angrily told her: "Nashi, I don't know which demon his playing with your mind?"
Nashi laughed before answering him: "tell me if cheating is a demoniac or angelic"

Nashi was even younger than Simon's first and second born child and the old man for love was lying to his entire family and even lye in the street playing the mad man while he was a pastor who should have been an example to the follower. She even warned him:
Don't even try to talk about any verses here because what we are doing is a big sin.
The pastors often used to change the woman's mind with the Biblical verses. She used to run short of idea once the pastor gives her verses because she loved the church.
He tried to beg the woman one more time: "Baby, I will come tomorrow and we will chat hopeful your anger will eventually come down."
The woman promised him: "Even, if you don't come I don't care. What I want now is a baby with marriage to a man of my choice."

Simon's Kelemani took his hat and blanket that he put on the cupboard. There was nothing he could have said to change the mind of the shy woman. If a shy woman could spend a full hours talking that is mean she was very serious.
He opens the door and told her: "Sleep tight, see you."
The angry pastor wanted to leave Nashi's room as the woman told her: "Look, let me tell you the truth. You loved me but I never love you. Then let forget about me. You are old and I don't feel you anymore. I should get a young an energetic man for me to please me."
Simon who was already at the room's door completely ran short of words. Without answering or arguing he left.

The reason that pastor Simon has to beg the young lady who is even younger than his two first born children is that once she open her mouth and tell people the secret affair Simon will be finish. Somehow he owes her a lot. He had an obligation to keep her happy. This time the pastor returned home just before twelve o clock. Nashi had the key to good reputation of the pastor. When he knocked at the door, the children who were watching television asked: "Who is there?"

No one was expecting someone to knock at the door at late at night in the city were people sleep early. It caught them by surprise.
He responded: "Open, it is daddy."
The young children and wife were amazed that he returned early from the night pray. Kapinga the wife asked him: "Simon, what wrong? Today you returned early."
He responds: "I just have a small headache; I realized that I won't afford to pray all night long. I will go tomorrow."
Her wife told him: "Go to rest little bit and take some pain killers. I think that may be you didn't sleep enough during the day to pray all night long."
He tried to open another subject: "The young children must be in their beds, there are going tomorrow at school."
"You forgot that they are on school leave?"
The holiday was the biggest holiday in the land, the independent day. But he even forgot the date for a while.
"Yes, I forgot. I think that I am getting old now�"

Pastor Simon saw his down fall coming and decided to prevent it. He didn't have any sleep as he was thinking how to keep Nashi's mouth shout: "How can he keep that woman from telling the secret? She was determined not to get an abortion this time. She doesn't want to listen to what he was telling her!" He regretted "This is really the end of my road."
What will happen when they will saw her pregnant in the church. He will loose his job, he will loose his respectable reputation and on top of that he will loose his wife because of a stupid twenty five years old girl.

He didn't want to spend more time in the living room as he went straight to the bed.
He took some sleep pills but the sleep was not coming. He kept thinking: "I have to find a quick solution to stop her from revealing the secret."

He has to make sure that she keeps her mouth forever shot. Forever, may mean death. Once she is dead the secret will die with her. No one knows their affair except the abortion's special Dombasi. He realized that they already sins in cheating for five years. He was sure that he will pray and God will forgive him. Even King Salomon and David who was God's servant killed their enemy and Nashi was now his feared enemy in life. They were speaking different languages and that was a big danger. It was better for him to prevent before the matter got worse. He was seeing the danger coming. Once Nashi is out of the equation he will save his reputation and the same time save his job and his legitimate marriage.
He was motivated by one story in the Bible: "Even David the king in the Bible killed. I won't be the first and the last God servant to kill. This is the solution to keep her mouth shout forever. My reputation and my job is on the line because Nashi. I never hold a gun or a knife to kill."
Simon never killed in his life and never even killed a simple chicken. Since his childhood he was scared even to slaughter animal for the special event of eat. It was his brother who used to do it. He had to hire someone to help him if he was serious about that strategy to keep her lover mouth quiet: "Overdose, the criminal may help me to do so. He is a criminal, takes drugs and the same time he is very cheap. With 50$ I will save my life. Tomorrow morning I have to see overdose."

Overdose Matumona was a man emigrated from Lusaka the capital city after being chassed by his parent at home.
He was surnamed Overdose because he was smoking Dagga the popular version of dagga. The dreadlock man was known by the church members because once he smokes an excessive quantity of the herbs he was calling the church leader to pray for him. Then after the tragedy he will be Christian for few days and desert the church again and going back to his bad habit.
Pastor Simon tried to encourage this energetic man to turn to God. They saw a big potential in him. Once he turns to God many people and friends will follow him.
He got confused at whether to hire a killer or to find a suitable solution to keep Nashi's month shout forever. He concluded that the solution was to kill her.
There are some Nashi's words she told him kept coming into his head: "Look, let me tell you the truth. You loved me but I never love you. Then let forget about me. You are old and I don't feel you anymore. I should get a young an energetic man for me to please me."

Morning, Pastor Simon drive to Overdose's house in Zikondo Avenue. Overdose was the only feared criminal in Tshale. He was hired for many criminal activities. He was hired to steal construction cement in many construction sites, stealing animals, radio,... He used to be hired to do different criminal activities in the small town.
He created even a friendship with the local policemen because of his petty crime.
His name Overdose was given by the local people for the extreme use of dagga the local version of marijuana
Pastor Simon entered his yard situated at the south of the city. The yard use to be a garage where many old car where lying. He lived in an old abandoned old trailer.
Simon parked the car on the street and carefully was walking passing the car's body and carefully watching his feet. Most of the snakes used to hide in the untied place like this. Small growing trees, long herb and plenty of car's body.
When pastor knocked at his trailer door, Overdose comes to open the door of the trailer. He feared that it could have the trailer's owner who has returned. He took that trailer that was left by a Zimbabwean immigrant Mr. James who returned home.
Wearing an old jean short without any top, he opened the dusty abandoned trailer.
It was his home where he had no rent to pay and no one bored him to stay in this environment.
Overdose Matumona got some sense of relieve the first time he saw the pastor at his door early morning just before six in the morning and the same time had feeling of sadness. He was not willing to return to the church. He needed help when he was about to die in the overdose state. Once he felt better the church had no means to him.
He told the pastor: "Pastor, I think that you lost your address."
Pastor responded: "I come to see you."
The man looks at around searching for a seat. He didn't find any suitable seat. It was an abandoned duty yard time to time he could seat on the abandoned car body. The yard was used as the dumping of old cars and car body.
"Pastor, excuse me." Overdose Matumona said "I don't have a seat but we can seat on the floor or on top of this VW over there."
"I don't mind to seat, I come to talk to you." The pastor ordered "Close your room's door and we will talk."
The man thought that the pastor come to preach again. Despite his feeling he had a very deep respect for the pastor. He wanted to please him for a while.
Then something comes in overdose's mind: "Pastor, I had a problem and I am happy that you come to my house or my trailer." "It is a house."
Overdose tried to explain his worry: "Whatever, pastor I had a problem."

Overdose has the impression that every time he smokes dagga (marijuana), he always sees some kind of small demons playing with into his eyes. He sees thing upset down. Last night he saw some kind of insects with human faces. He saw my bed up to the roof. He saw people naked dancing at his birthday's party.
Simon who wasn't that much interested into the story told overdose: "That are demons. You have to stop smoking that stuff. It is not good for your health and life."
"Dagga is a holly herb."
Simon who was still upset decided not to waste time with the dagga's subject. It is the same confession he told them when he always need for help. It wasn't new to the preacher: "Let don't waste time on that subject. I need your service."
"Pastor" Overdose said "I am ready as long you give me something to buy my smoke and few beers."
He didn't have any wife but had a child that is sister Lucia Matumona takes care. The thirty years old man doesn�t even care about a family because they swore that he is not part of that family and his name has been scratch out of the family's list. He spends his money to buy prostitute. He was telling the priest why he preferred them: "Prostitute is very cheap you gave them few money and you satisfy your biological need."
Overdose was quiet talkative. He even tackles another subject. Simon had difficulties to introduce his subject and let Overdose to speak: "permanent girl friends are just too much trouble."

For the man nicknamed by everybody Overdose a permanent relationship in having a girlfriend was just too much money. He has to spend money for salon, money to buy her clothes, take care of her. Then she will ask to be married. In the land where most of the woman were unemployed and relied on the man to look after them.
Then he told the pastor: "If you want to see one of the bitches she is in my bed. Do you want to see her?"
It was one of the main reasons he refused to talk with the man of God in the trailer. He didn't want him to see the woman who was in the trailer half naked on the bed.
Simon had no peace. He wanted to tell him what he wanted from him. He didn't want top waste time and feared to be seen by people in that early morning. His car was just parked around the abandoned yard. On top of that there was a strange smell in the yard. He wanted to vanish at soon as possible from the area.
Overdose took a metal car part and proposed to the pastor: "Pastor, you can seat meanwhile."
"No, thanks I am in hurry." Simon said "I don't want to sit. I have a job to do."
He realized that there is a prostitute in Overdose's old trailer that he illegally inherited as he said then he decides to take him far away: "Let go there and talk."
While they were walking the unstoppable Overdose was busy talking to the pastor: "If you want to play a match, she can give you for cheap. She doesn't care who you are. She doesn't care whether you are pastor or mad man. She doesn't care about the form of your face. She only cares about your cash. She is very cheap and available anytime even now."

Pastor ignored Overdose offer. He had no respect for the man of the church. He has no respect for anyone, Pastor Simon thought. Luckily he was expecting this kind of comment from the man who was nicknamed Overdose. It wasn't strange to Simon to hear those immoral comments. Simon tacked the subject of his early visit: "Overdose, I want your service. How much can you ask me?"
"Anything that will help me to buy my smoke ands some beers and may to buy sex to the bitches. I have many bitches. Some of them I sleep with them for free."
Simon had enough of this man continually proposal. He didn't want to forget the subject that Simon Kelemani was avoiding:
"Watch your language; I am a pastor not a simple man."
It looks like Overdose took him as his new friend: "Sorry pastor, I forgot that I was talking to a pastor. Please forgive me for talking shit to you. I don't want to go to hell. I want you to pray for me so I enter in heaven where I will party everyday."

He always feared of going to hell. He at some stage thought that upsetting a God's servant will see him going to hell once he died. But pleasing the God's servant who was a representative of God will see him in paradise. It is why he wasn't shy to apologize.
They stopped just behind a old micro bus body. Simon made sure that the big car could protect them from not being seen by anyone. He put his hand on his head. Then putting them on the old body.
Just when the hand touched the body some bird that laid their eggs on the body fled. Many bird used the old car to lay the eggs even some chicken. Not forgetting some cat also lived in this area.
He watched where he put the feet always aware of the snakes that may be in the small bush.
He wanted to leave the premises as soon as possible: "I am asking you how much do you want?"
"I don't even know the service that you are asking me." Overdose Matumona said "I want may be to know if is to steal a television or radio or a ship?"
"Not stealing."
Overdose told him his specialty: "My specialty is to steal."
He stole last day a goat and chicken for a friend of his who wanted to celebrate his anniversary. He got five dollar for my service. He also took some meat at the party and hire a hired the woman to keep him warm for the night. He told the pastor: "She will be leaving soon and you may enter my room."
In the land where community mobbing was still very popular Overdose managed to survive. Not only because he was never caught but many policemen has saved him when he was about to be burn or hit with sticks and stones. There is also another think that saved him is that he was always friendly with everybody. Some considered him like a man who lost his mind. Apparently he had no enemy. He never hurt anyone once stealing. He was also kind of funny man even when he is not drunk. They people loved him. The way he talks made them laugh cat even if his serious. He was a viewed as a local comedian.
Sometime, the owner of the missing animal could come and insult him once they suspect him. He was quiet honest sometime he could tell them: "I didn't steal that one. Probably it is another robber. I stole your goat two month ago."
He was also very honest criminal and that also helped him to survive.
Sometime he didn't have to steal for food. The abandoned body where many chicken and bird were laying the eggs... Provided him with free food. He could catch the bird and slaughter them or even sell them in the market. Or even exchange them to some maize mills or cassava to eat.
While chatting overdose saw a seat in an open space much better emplacement and proposed to Simon: "Pastor let go and seat over there."
Simon avoided getting closer to that area that people will see him. Many people were passing on the Zikondo's avenue on their way to their farms. Many people knew him and respected him. Already they were watching many people passing by feet holding they farm tools and chatting plus also many passing with bicycle. They could hear the sound of cars and see few of them passing on the street: "I am fine talking to you from here. I have to go it seems that you are not interested in money."

He wanted to pressure him to give the price of his service. Overdose price was always negotiable.
Overdose didn't want the money to go: "Talk pastor I want to listen to you."
"I want to get ride permanently of a young woman."
The criminal wanted why he wanted to hire to get ride of a woman that he doesn't know? He sympathized with Simon because the young woman went even further not respecting old people. In Africa it was a must to respect elders the one who were born before you and who saw the sun before you. It wasn't acceptable for a young not to respect the elder. Even if the young one is right but doesn't have any right to upset the elder.
"Do she insulted you?" Overdose Matumona asked.
"Not really" said the pastor "I want to get ride of her permanently."
He comforted him: "I am sorry pastor; I am going to slap her for making you this angry. I will give her a lesson and she will stop harassing you. She has to respect you as a pastor."
It looks like Overdose didn�t get what the pastor meant by getting ride. His big income lately was to steal the bag of cement in the newly build city. The city was growing big and many people needed the construction's material. He and other petty robber were some time hired to steal the construction's material for those people who wanted to build nice home but didn't have enough cash: "I want her dead."
"What Pastor?" Overdose Matumona asked.
"Dead."

Overdose froze for a while. He was little shock to hear from the man he respected that he wanted someone dead. He concluded that that woman could have hurt seriously the man of God.
Then overdose remembered what the pastor meant. A physical death. He has killed someone in Lusaka in a fight but was luckily that the court of law judged him that he killed in a self defense: "Pastor, you have to ask for forgiveness to God." The criminal urged him "This word his heavy that all the fucken words."
Simon was serious and Overdose read it from his face while he was talking: "Look at me I am not joking. I want her dead. She really plays with me and my God."

He looked Simon carefully on his face. His eyes were red full of anger. He was so calm when talking to him.
After talking to the criminal Nashi's words returned on Simon's mind: "Look, let me tell you the truth. You loved me but I never love you. Then let forget about me. You are old and I don't feel you anymore. I should get a young an energetic man for me to please me."
This was the biggest challenge for the petty criminal specialist never the less. Murder was not in the culture of the peaceful city. Then Simon could tell him: "I am not interest in story; I want the job to be than. I will give you 25 000 Kwatcha about 50$."
When the criminal heard 50$. He immediately accepted and was getting ready immediately:
"Then, I am going to kill her right now." Overdose said "Allow me to change my clothes and take my two knifes."
Simon has to stop the criminal: "Not now man. We are approaching seven in the morning you will be caught and even killed by the community members."
Overdose felt the anger too. A woman ahs just played with a man of God. She has to be severely punished. Simon also warned him: "Don't talk loud, the girl in the house may hear you. You must keep secret because if anything goes wrong I will be arrested and you too you will spend your rest of life in jail."
Overdose agreed to Simon's demand. He knew the woman who was sleeping in her room. She could have been drunk too. When he fetched her from the local tavern she was still drunk. He knew that she won't be able to hear anything but the pastor was always very cautious of the action. Even thought they were about 20 meters always from the trailer he wanted their discussion to be unnotified.
Overdose comforted the worried man: "Don't worry; she is sleeping like a dead woman. She took some dagga early this morning and many beers. Wait for me we are going to kill that woman."
It looks like Overdose was still determined to complete the job immediately. The pastor reminded him again: "Not now. I am coming to fetch you late in the night."
"Alright, I will wait for you." Overdose said "I am not going to the tavern tonight to get some beer."
"We have a deal." The pastor said "It must be a secret because your life and my life depend on the success of this operation."
"50$, is more than enough for me." the criminal said "I will execute the job professionally."
"We have a deal. Go and read I Peter 5: 8. Keep your sense, be watchful. The devil is roaring like a roaring lion seeking to devour someone."
Simon wanted to motivate the killer and put his hand in his pocket and gave him 50$. In Zambia they were using the money called Kwacha but because of the inflation of that money, they preferred to use the dollar or translate in dollar. American dollar was more a stable money without usual inflation while the rate of Kwacha was changing every time and everyday. So they preferred to rate everything in American's monetary.

Overdose didn't know how to read very well. The only think he knew very well was how to read and write his name. It was the most important words he needed. The man who always was in the police custody realized the importance of knowing his name for the administration purpose. He called the police custody his second home or holiday home. When he was caught or when people complain. He was always on the list suspect in Tshale. They could arrest him after a day or two day he was realized. His crimes were always petty crimes.
When the pastor left his premises. He entered his room that had an old mattress and few pots here and there. A gasoline lamp and few clothes hang around. He realized the seriously of this project.
He feared to be killed too by the community once caught.
He decided to have a trip to one of his witchdoctor to help him with a substance not to be caught by the community members once the dogs bag and wake up the dog's owner and neighbours. This night mission was quiet challenging for Overdose. It was important to be caught during day time sometime because many people are not around. They are on they farm and work place but at night every body seems to be around in they homes.
The witchdoctors lived at 12 kilometers of the city. Overdose went to see him immediately.
He arrived walking there at around half past eleven that Thursday. After suggesting to the witchdoctor about the mission of killing someone at night and feared that they may kill him. The witchdoctor told him to stay with him until he got the substance ready to keep the dogs quiet from bagging.
The witchdoctor went far in the bush and returned only Saturday with the substance in a plastic bag and told him to open just 30 minutes before he goes to his mission. He had to rub it on his body and the dogs won't bag but they will run away. That substance that the witchdoctor didn't want to tell him was the Lion's shit collected in the bush.
He asked him 5 $ for his service. Overdose returned home Saturday. He never wanted to miss the tavern Saturday. He could drink everyday but Saturday was very special. The club was alive and even thought he may not have money to buy drink his friend and many people who knew him could buy him beer. On top of that the tavern owners knew him, they often bored him some beer too as a usual client.

At around eleven hours in the same Thursday night. Pastor Simon went to fetch the killer Overdose to do the job. Pastor Simon made sure that the job was well executed. He didn't take his car. He wore his usual Vietnamese kind of hat and he wore his blanket. But he was disappointed not to have found the man that he hired and already given the money. Het thought that may be he may have fled or even tell the policemen of his intention.
That alone made the few days very long for Simon Kelemani. The fear that Nashi could tell the secret they have for five year after that Wednesday night argument and the fear that Overdose has disappeared with money. Money wasn't an issue even thought 50$ was a substantial among in a land were the cost of life was very cheap. But what was important was to complete the job.
He hoped that Overdose who didn't tell him about the trip to the witchdoctor may return but not denounce him to the policemen. He knew that Overdose could be stupid too to rush at the police station.
He knew that even Nashi has refused their secret relationship to continue, she still loves him by the fact she is carrying his baby and doesn't want to commit abortion.

CHAPTER TREE: TRIBULATION

Overdose Matumona who at the start wanted to complete the job as soon as possible wasn't anymore in rush. Since his return in the midday from the witchdoctor with the formula to save him, he decided to spend the afternoon the Tavern called Moto. Moto means fire and it was the most popular club in the town. The town had very few taverns. Most of them were run at the back of the yard or in the private house. Many people could come and drink the traditional beer and the modern beer from the brewery.
The 30 years old man liked to drink each time he has money but never wanted to miss the Saturday vibe in the club. It was where often he meets the client who hire him for his service. Meet many prostitute and some has become his friends. Meet others friend. A man who had no radio and Television could exchange discussion and news in the club. He could dance all kind of music. The traditional music, the local popular music Kayendula and the popular Congolese Rumba. Time to time the DJ could play even some American hit of the moment or past hit.
Saturday was a day not to miss for Overdose Matumona in the club.
Saturday was always full of people. All the hard working people who loved to drink will meet at night at the club. During the week the street of Tshale were very quiet at night but Saturday, you can meet always some drank people in the street. Some after heavy drink will lost their home address for a while. Some very tired unable to walk could end up sleeping in the street here and there. Some coming back of the club and some even singing in the quiet street while the dog are bagging.
It is Saturday too that some courageous petty criminal will take advantage and break into people house to steal the domestic appliances of the house and animal. They were often unable to steal the cow but often steal the pork, the goats and ship and some chicken.
Some of the robber could only break in the kitchen take or eat the left out cooked food. That was quiet stupid in a town where African with the culture was sharing food with all in need. They were stealing what they could have given them for free. What was good is that they were not hurting anyone. Once they hurt there was no way to be pardoned by the community mobbing.
If Overdose Matumona survived in stealing in the land of mobbing it was simply because he was not hurting no one and instead he made plenty of friend in that city.
In Tshale the elder were telling the people not to trust the police. Each and everybody was a watchman of criminal. Once they were in danger or see a criminal they could scream or even whistle and everybody will come out of the house in their sleeping clothes even late at night calling they neighbour too. In a matter of minute many hundred even thousand of people will come out with all the instruments: knife, the panga traditional weapon stick, the axes, machete, stick, hunting guns, stones...
They could hear the sound of the bagging dog and they could watch from the window to know why the dogs were bagging.
In matter of few minutes the elders will judge and sentence. The sentence was to kill the criminal or seriously beat him. But the police started intervening. When the police vain was coming, they could disappear in second and some will insult the policemen as the saviour of criminal.

Lately the community will make sure to hit the criminal in few minutes before the police arrive. The police often arrive to collect the dead body. They were not even able to arrest the killers. Everybody wanted to protect each other and the answer of all the people were: "I or We don't know what happen and we didn't see or hear nothing."
They believed that the city had less criminal because of the mobbing practices. They were no room for someone who rape too. He was killed on spot.
The villager believed that �reason or be right was always strength.� They were able to hit and kill even a World champion once he is not right. People had two influences. The individual influence and the group influence. Individually they acted very well with plenty of love; they were able to pardon each other. But when they meet in group to judge the criminal they wanted the criminal not to be pardoned.

Simon Kelemani regretted of having given Overdose Matumona the money before completing the job. It was always advised to give not the full amount of the money before the job is completed. It was advised to give just an advance of pay the full among after the job is completed. Once the man to do the job has the entire money before the job he may loose that motivation.
He was looking for another substitute to complete the job but he wanted Overdose to complete the job because once he has completed the job he will never reveal the secret but it was always a danger to hire another one while Overdose Matumona knew the intension of Simon may denounce him and the plan could have been easily know.
He went late night to Overdose's place Thursday, Friday and Saturday night without finding him but he got him by surprise Sunday night at around ten in the afternoon.
The time was just right because at that moment people were sleeping recharging for the begging of the week. Sunday night was the quietest night. The criminal too due to the good offer kept secret and was anxious to complete the job and get his reward. It was just a good fortune for Overdose.
Overdose asked the pastor to wait for a while and went in the room and applied the stinking substances that the witchcraft doctor gave him then he smokes a huge dagga.
Simon without driving the car fetched the criminal and went with him at Nashi's house. He had to accept to walk with someone who smelled so bad. The smell was so powerful. Many of the criminal believed in the superstition and it was normal too Simon Kelemani tolerate Matumona's believe. They wanted to be protected and have luck in they duty job.

At some stage Zaka Zaka Moba become a witchcraft doctor. He was able to prevent many crimes because some of his client where criminal wanting to get substance and rob. Unfortunately after arresting some criminal they realized that he wasn't a witchcraft doctor but an under cover cop. His career as a witchcraft doctor lasted only for two weeks. But he started bribing many witchcraft doctors to get the information and the criminal stop consulting the witchcraft doctor in the city. They started going very far to consult the isolated witchcraft doctor. In all the villages in those thousand villages was witchcraft doctors. And it become very difficult to bribe thousand of them and Zaka Zaka Moba even quit bribing them to get information.
Witchcraft had much information, many criminal before they commit the act used to consult them.
Some of them could come even with the wrong information just to please him and some were refusing to be bribed as the true African. They were not really fun of money. They said that money brought Satan on the continent. The love of money brought classes in Africa. Before the arrival of colonist there was only one class in Africa: happy people not rich and poor.

Pastor Simon knocked at Nashi's door. Nashi didn't even ask who was knocking because she knew how his boyfriend was knocking. He used to knock at the door tree times. She knew that his boyfriend will come anytime after they had the fight Wednesday. It was around eleven hours in the evening.
Simon who didn't want to witness how his girlfriend will be murdered went back at about twenty meters looking how Overdose will kill Nashi.
When Nashi open the door, she realized that it was a wrong person who was at the door. Before she even asked. Overdose who was already high with the substance he took before executing the murder. Just stabbed her four time and even tried cut her throat.
Simon was far watching the scene has Nashi's last words kept coming to him: "Look, let me tell you the truth. You loved me but I never love you. Then let forget about me. You are old and I don't feel you anymore. I should get a young an energetic man for me to please me."

A kind of small fight broke out between Nashi and Overdose she held tied overdose on cutting even the killer's dreadlock hair. Overdose had some dread lock on his head. He was a kind of a Rastafarian.
She tried to screamed, defended her self and at the same time calling for help but Overdose was just too strong for her. As it was quiet at the night the noise could have reached many houses around.
Overdose left the woman seriously wounded and quick joined the
The pastor gave immediately the criminal 5000 Kwatcha about 10$ for bonus and they all disappeared on the scene.
But something happen, Simon's rushed to his house while Matumona disappeared for a while and return to the murder scene.

Neighbours were not even able to slowly coming out of their house in the dark suburb were very few houses were electrified because Overdose managed to keep his hand on the woman's mouth to prevent her from screaming.

The pastor returned at his home just before half past eleven. He knocked at the entrance door with all the force like if he was kicking the door with his feet. His wife open the door, Simon's rushed quick in the house and closed the door behind him very quick like if he was preventing an unwanted man to enter after him. Kapinga asked him why he was acting very strangely.
"Simon" his wife asked "what is going on?"
"I am not feeling well."
"You have to see the doctor now."

Kapinga realized that his husband wasn't well. She wanted to send her children to call the doctor. Simon was fast breathing and at the same time sweating.
He was sure that the woman who holds the key to his good reputation was gone. The child who supposed to be born and the proof of his five years secret cheating was gone but the weight of witnessing the murder of someone you love was difficult to swallow. Simon Kelemani kept insisting: "I am not just feeling well. I have headache."

Kapinga knew this man for more than thirty years. This wasn't reflecting the head pain. Headache couldn't change the rhythm of his breathing. He look more like he was followed by someone and he was running. Despite Simon's kept insisting: "I will be fine don't worry everything will be fine."
Kapinga, Simon's wife insisted: "No, let me send children to call the doctor."
The pastor's wife insisted to her husband again to take medicine: "What must I do? Watching you dying into my arms? Look how Sissa died because of ignoring the doctors."
Sissa's death for not being amputated in time to prevent the spread of cancer in her body was still fresh into they mind. The advice from the church's founder and some of his servant almost killed the church. Many followers fled the church by disappointed. On top of that Sissa was daughter of the rich man in Tshale and one of the rich men in Zambia.

He told his wife: "Please no doctor please, gives me some water to drink. No doctors please"
Simon's wife watched how his husband was drinking water and was decided to call the doctor but pastor Simon refused to call the doctor for the help. Instead he recommended the children to call his friend nurse Dombasi who was close to Simon because he helped Nashi for the two abortions she committed.

At the murder scene, the neighbour started arriving at the house of the woman who screamed. Overdose managed to keep the woman quiet but the few words she pronounced alerted few neighbours. The neighbour couldn�t rush as usual because the dogs were not bagging. In stead of bagging they fled the strange lion's shit smell. Strange how the animal could smell the powerful animal into the world and couldn�t resist. They fled for their live.
At night the sound of dog�s voice were heard by many people living around.
Kotsho wake up because he heard the back rooms were the animals were guarded being destroyed by the force of the animal used to run away. Time to go and check the back room, wondering were the animal fled at the late night. Then while searching around he saw an open door at Nashi's room with a light wide open.
He ignored Nashi for a while then realized that something was wrong. While trying to ask her neighbour if she had heard something happen to his animals, he saw the woman strangely murdered and put on a stake made of a peace of tree. It was in turn Kotsho who scream well to alert the neighbours.
They failed to rush her at the local hospital and they called the police to arrive on the scene. She was almost dead.
This kinds of stories where unusual in the small town Tshale. People only heard murder on the radio and watch on the television and read in the newspaper.
The only big crimes in the city were few rare hijacking was few cars were stolen and sold across the borders in Congo and others country.
It was a big scandal and at the around midnight Masamba the mayor of the city was informed of the scandal. It was just too much for the mayor not only the strange murder seeing a woman stripped and hanged on the stake but the prominent change that will take place in the world. In the USA the world powerful nation, the democratic have won the election over the republican. The coming first democratic election in the country favored the opposition leader Tshiluba over the long time serving president of Zambia Kaunda. He had enough and informed of his resignation straight to Lusaka.
It was just a good time to hang his resignation over the phone at that time. In may African country that was ravaged by coup d'etat many head of state and ministers were working late at night and resting during the day. The only appear in public in day time for special occasion and events.

It didn't take long for Kaunda to contact the man who he decided to work hand in hand for the sake of peace of the most peaceful country on the land. Mr. Tshiluba the opposition leader. It him who advised him to name Prof. Kubeka is former comrade who was a simple teacher and unpublished writer and philosopher in Tshale. He knew the potential into this man who renounce of political activity for sake of his life.

The mayor public word before his resignation was: "I want you to get the murder as soon as possible. I want the investigating team to start working right now and found all the traces and information that we will lead us to the arrest of the wicked people. This is not Johannesburg or Chicago or New York. This is Tshale the crime free small city."

It was the new acting mayor Prof Kubeka who managed to secure hundred thousand dollars that was later doubled to two hundred thousand dollar award to the man who will give them the information leading to the arrest of the criminal.
It is Kubeka who convinced Zaka Zaka Moba to come out of his early retirement for this case. He had a deep respect for this man who ends up in trouble for arresting some big corrupt criminal and police official and for the sake of his life decided to retire at 45 years old to return to his native village and start the farming business.
Zaka Zaka Moba in return for the support of change in the country accepted to leave his activities for a while where he was earning more than hundred time as a police investigator already in his 5 years retirement.

The local policemen went in the houses of the ivories dealer and check their house, the neighbours checking and breaking things. They suspected the Ivories dealers and the men who where usually out of Tshale and the foreigner in the land to have had a hand to this kind of crime. The police man believed that those people could have a link to this murder because they are not often living in Tshale. They come only to buy ivories and sell it overseas. The may come with overseas method of killing people here.
Zaka Zaka Moba animals missing helped him to trace a map and suspect Overdose Matumona two days of his return to the job. But arresting him wasn't enough. He was sure that someone could have hired him. He knew is CV a man who was in and out of jail. The man stealing animals and the construction material.
First Zaka Zaka Moba suspect the churches war over followers. They were fighting among themselves in disgracing others congregation so the follower will pour in their church.
Until he got the evidence that leaded him in the church were Nashi was praying newly named Tabernacle.
There is something Zaka Zaka Moba got when he arrived early in the morning at Nashi's house. He found a peace of hair that no one was interested in the grass next to the door while people were watching the blood.

All the police personnel and soldier went searching the houses of the rich ivories dealers and the searched the houses around Nashi's house.
The only investigator in the city arrived at the crime scene just before one in the morning. He didn't find any proof but he likely took the hair cut from the killer head.
By the morning the sad news were expanded in all the small city with radio Tshale announcing the sad news. Many people couldn't believe what they heard. It was like a false propaganda. They only believed when they went to the mortuary. Many church followers and other people went to the mortuary to get the confirmation.
At that time Simon was sure now that the woman who could have reveals the love affair as finally gone. The child that could have brought trouble in his family and the community will never see the sun. It was a relieve news for him.
The community members met; especially Nashi's neighbours Kotsho who was steal very preoccupied by the lost of his animals to try to see the way to catch the criminal.
The people who were organizing the march were Kubeka's teacher colleague who few didn't like his appointment. They wanted to bring him down.
People didn't know that Nashi had a love affair even thought she was in her middle twenty. No one knew that love could bring death.
Impossible for a single woman who was called married to Jesus that mean she was committed 100% to the church.
Nothing was taken from her tinny room. The way she was decorated and the motive of the killing was steal a mystery not forgetting why the dogs were silent and the animals fled the city.

People knew that she used to get some visit from the church members but at that time of the night when she was stabbed it wasn't a church follower who visited her. Those visit where during day light not at night. The believed that a Christian cannot kill or do any criminal activity.
Some neighbours even blamed Nashi's attitude:
Nashi, also had a problem. She used to greet some none Christian neighbours only without saying anything more to them. Her friend was the Bible or the church. They didn't even know who her best friend was. If she was not at the church, the other place she usually visits was her parent's house.
So she put us in a difficult situation where the police even come to search their houses. How they help the police to find the man who committed murder while they didn't know her secret?

All the policemen in the city were mobilized to find the criminal but they had very little information to capture the criminal. Various police personal met at the police station to come up with an idea to trace the killer:

They have been working for many years in this police station but they never see or heard of an atrocity murder. For many years they had few cases of murder mostly where drunken husband shot their wives and the public justice nicknamed Eye for eye and teeth for teeth that police call community mobbing of criminal.
Tshale had no armed criminal here and makes they job enjoyable. No police ever been murdered in this city. It is why many policemen refused to be transferred in the big city like Lusaka even when they are promoted. The biggest criminal steals chickens, goat, television and radio. There no criminals who are harassing the community.
The chief policemen in the city Bemba often confess: "I love this place. I was promoted twice to go and work in Lusaka but I turn down the offer because I am happy working here. In Lusaka policemen sometime are even very scared to wear they uniform on street because they are scared that they may be shot by many criminal living in that big town."
The policemen once went to Overdose's house and other's know petty criminal and check down all his entire house and didn't find anything except some grams of dagga unable to persecute him under his mattress. It what makes believed that Overdose wasn't in this case. And helped Overdose Matumona to stay in the city and flee the city.
Everybody in the police room used to laugh when they hear Overdose name and one of the police officer could even comment: "Overdose, is our friend. We caught him many time because he steal only chickens, television, radios and goat some time construction materials He is unable to steal a cow. He is just stealing to get money to buy dagga and take the prostitutes. It is a waste of time to search Overdose's trailer."

Many police officers used to even meet Overdose Matumona to get some Ganja in exchange of cigarettes. Overdose Matumona used to even plant at the back of the house Ganja for his personal uses. When he didn�t have, he knew where to get it. It evens how he becomes a good friend to some of the officers.

Bemba could the police chief of Tshale could even comment to his colleagues while they were examining the criminals: "Let that mad man alone. It is a waste of time. Let concentrate on the business that are traveling. They are the one who may bring such killing method in the city. People here don't know how to kill with a knife. We looked stupid in searching innocent�s houses, now let go there and look for all the people from other cities who are here on visit or in business. We are Friday and we have enough time to catch the criminal."

Zaka Zaka Moba after tracing the map from the complaining of the people who lost their animals had another proof that coincided and confirmed the map of the missing animals.
It was Wednesday night that Zaka Zaka Moba decided to visit the popular night club called Moto or fire in the city.
It was a big house that the owner managed to transform in the big night club breaking some of the bedroom to make a big space. It was painted in yellow colour and decorated with many modern beer adverts in and outside the club.

Overdose with 50$ and 10$ bonus he got money enough to buy many beers and prostitutes for many days and repay some of the debt he had. A beer cost about 30 cents a bottle.
Zaka Zaka Moba who naturally hated the crowded place went to the club for work sake. He entered the club who had about 50 people at the time and went to seat at the corner of the club on an empty four chair table.
While he bought a beer while watching the atmosphere. He saw two men who come and join him while discussing among themselves: "I will show you that I am a doctors of beer. I can drink twelve bottle of beer without getting drunk."
His friend was busy telling him too: "I will show you today that I am an engineer of beer. I can drink even more than what you can."
"You will see."
"You will see."
Zaka Zaka Moba who was serious for a while couldn't hold his smile for while watching the two people wanting to show to each other who could drink more beer. The atmosphere of the club pleased him for a while. He wanted to see between the doctor of beer and the engineer of beer will win? He hoped that a third person who could be named general or minister of beer could join them. He hoped that he could be the judge of the fight to see who has won the battle.
The men were holding about five bottle of beer each for the first round.
They come and put the beer on the table and started drinking.
Then two women joined them. He hated the unAfrican practice and it what he was avoiding. There were four seats and tree seat were already busy. And two women arrived and he was wondering where the one will seat. She wanted to seat on the leg of one man. But who will be that man?
Frustrated, Zaka Zaka Moba put his hand in his pocket and pulls out a package of cigarette. He light one cigarette watching the two women who wore short skirt. He wondered why they exposed they sensitive part and do not want to walk naked?
Thank God that the man called doctors of beer chased them: "No women today. It is a men's fight. No place for you."
Zaka Zaka Moba felt a sense of relieve while the DJ was changing the loud music and people were cheering and some standing and dancing.
Because of the loud music everybody has to scream while chatting to one another.
Just when his attention was on the doctor and engineer of beer a dreadlock man wore his best clothes entered the tavern to drink some beer while people were praising him: "Overdose"
"Overdose"
People were wondering why the man was well dressed a Wednesday. He look like he knew everybody while chatting to many people and went to seat two table away from Zaka Zaka Moba with two women.
Zaka Zaka Moba heard one woman asking him: "Overdose, why do you wear Christmas clothes? I know that it is not your birth day because we celebrated your birthday last month. It looks like you did a successful deal? Did you steal again the cement at the construction site?"
He laughed: "I am celebrating my first stealing day. It was at this date that I started stealing the cigarette in my father's pocket. My father used to tell us that smoking was a bad habit but he was keeping smoking. Then I was curious to taste how the cigarette was like. I started by stealing my father's cigarette in his pocket when he was drank. Then from the cigarette, I got promoted to smoke dagga. It is an important day for me."
Everybody laughed at that statement as he told to the woman who was excited to hear the funny man. Even Zaka Zaka Moba was pleased to hear the energy into this suspect.
Zaka Zaka was very happy that he screams to the woman who was selling beer: "Look, Africa culture is about sharing. I want to share my joy with you. Give to everybody a beer."

Zaka Zaka Moba was wondering why this man was so happy even after tree days of the murder. He supposed that the man who had no bank accou8nt probably kept his money in beer and dagga.
They were some fifty people in the little tavern and half of them turned down his offer. They had they beer and some where about to leave the club. Some people were much disciplined they wanted to return home early or may be not drink too much and other were not accepting the beer bought by someone else�s. Some people were still proud to accept a beer from another man. Only about Twenty people accepted the offer most of them woman. The woman who was selling beer told him: "No way, you are owing us 2500 Kwatcha about 5$ and you want more beer. You have to pay first the outstanding balance before taking any beer again."
"I am paying now. How much is forty beer plus the five dollar?"
"It is in total 6 plus your 5$, in total it is 12$."
He opens his wallet and gave the woman on spot 12$. While people were screaming his name:
"Overdose."
"Overdose."
It was quiet a lot of money for a man who always was offered beer. People were amazed to see the man who was asking for beer to his friends offering people beer this time around.
The community was very much alerted by the fact they were all looking for the criminal who killed Nashi and the same time the award offered by the police was a big fortune. But no one had an instinct feeling to call the police. They were sure that may have stole and sold a television. Television was a big fortune. Overdose was happy drinking and screaming: "Let, drink and drink before Jesus return to burn us all. Let celebrate my first stealing operation. Let drink and share as a true African"
Zaka Zaka Moba after an hour stay could watch the doctor and the engineer of beer's battle. He saw the two men finish the first round 5 beer each and went to fetch other 5 beer each. He noticed the doctor of beer going out the club and return after 10 minutes.

On his return the engineer of beer started telling him: "You went to vomit?"
"No I went to toilet."
"Why the pant zip is well straight. It didn't move?"
"I am drank to fall to close properly the zip."
Then after two minutes. He saw the engineer of beer going to the toilet. Zaka Zaka Moba who was not used to drink bought two beer plus the one that Overdose gave him was just enough for him. He was praying that the club close and see more action of the suspect who was all over. In and out the club chatting, dancing and screaming. He went in the toilet just to hear someone vomiting beer. When he look at the one who was vomiting it was the engineer of beer.
He laughed for a while and returned before him to his seat. When the engineer returned it was the turn of the doctor of beer to ask him: "You have just vomit beer. I am a winner."
Zaka Zaka Moba look at the engineer shirt it had some liquid on it. But as a visitor and a one night visitor he watched the two men arguing. "No I went to toilet. It is a draw."
"No we have finish ten beer each with have the last round to decided who is the winner today."
"OK, let drink, the fight of men never end."
Zaka Zaka Moba had the impression that the self proclaimed "doctor of beer" wanted to cry every time he was putting a bottle of beer on his mouth but didn't want top give up.
Zaka Zaka Moba remembered the famous beer competition, sponsored and organized by the Zambia's brewery to see the man who was able to drink the most. The competition runs for about one month. The winner of the competition was known of drinking two cases of beer a day for a month. The so call winner died after winning the competition and the brewery stop organizing the competition.
Overdose drank a lot until the early hour of the morning and went to sleep accompany not by one, but by two prostitutes. This was a really good celebration for Overdose.

CHAPTER NINE: THE BREAK THROUGHT

People wanted the criminal to be arrested as soon as possible. In the past two month they have been more than 20 marches. Some at the mayor's office and many marches to the local police station. They wanted the criminal to be given to them so they may take care if him. The community leader Lumbila could hide his disappointment when talking to the police chief Bemba: "Nashi died Sunday but no suspect have been arrested yet. Even a single suspect? We don't want the police to be like the police of Lusaka. Look, you are corrupt and you are all corrupt. It was why sometime people don't trust to the police. You haven't shown any sign of arresting the criminal. If we catch the criminal we will mob him and burn him...You are giving enough time to the killer to escape from our city."
Bemba could feel the fire. He was insulted every where he was going for not catching the criminal as soon as possible. His children and wife too were insulted by people. Even some teachers of Bemba's children were calling him a corrupt man while they were supposed to teach the children. His wife was called married to the corrupt man. The mayor who was accepted by the people at the start was now was seen just like other leader that once they have the political post they forget people who voted them or people who support them: "Look, it been only few days that Nashi died. We are alerted of the situation and we are looking for the murder. Some investigation take even months or years to catch the criminal. Even if he run away from the Tshale we will pursue him wherever his hiding."
People got much angrier when they heard that the investigation may take months or years.
They were chanting and telling the police: "You are corrupt and you are protecting the criminal"
"No, we want the criminal to be caught now not in months."
"You are all corrupt�"
Bemba could tell them to be patient while no one was not willing to hear that word patience. The inspector tried to insist: "Look, the new mayor of the city his preoccupied by the matter. He has put all the resources to catch the criminal. We have already a private investigator who will help us to find the criminal. What you don't know is that the investigator started his work as soon we arrived at the murder place few days. He is busy working and we will definitely get the criminal. Be little bit patient may be we may catch him today, may be tomorrow or may be next week."

The community leader completed: "May be you will never caught him?"
"With the help of the community" Bemba said "your help it will make our work easier to catch the killer. We are calling you for your help to trace the criminal. We are against mobbing; the one who will beat or kill the criminal will be arrested. I am warning now; don't say that we were not warned."

Bemba trusted his former colleague Zaka Zaka Moba . He knew that the return of Zaka Zaka who was known as the best investigator in Tshale and one of the most respected investigators in the country could help. Bur at the same time he was scared that they may not catch the criminal too. It happen sometime that no matter how much time and resources they may put may not help sometime to catch the criminal. This will encourage the people to take the justice on they own hand.
Not catching the criminal will be a huge blow to the modern justice system but catching the criminal will restore proud to the police.
For Kubeka the new mayor the capture of the criminal will burst the opposition and support a new change in the country after many years. They all wanted a change but this failure to catch the criminal won't help them in the coming election.

Zaka Zaka Moba after managing to get on the crime scene a peace of hair that he kept in his safe as one of the exhibit in the caught was analyzing and trying to figure out what could have happen between the murdered woman and the killer.
He had the impression that the woman holds him tied or tried to defend herself in capturing Matumona's hair. Matumona had quiet long dreadlock hair. On his impression when he saw him in the club his hair where about 30 to 40 centimeters long.
He started analyzing the hair when he returned from the club from around two in the morning. There were no DNA exam available at that time and prints examination in that part of the world would take up to month because it has to be send to the capital city and often get lost.
He was making sure that the criminal don't recognize his effort because he could have fled in others country or even in the villages around Tshale were inaccessible. They were thousand of villages in Zambia where the majority of people lived. Some villages had about hundred people to some home to thousand people.
It is why he gently accepted the beer offer that Overdose Matumona gave him in the club. It is why he ends up spending many hours in the club under the heavy sound of music.
He was thankful for the animal missing by the Lion's shit. It was his first break. If it wasn't because of the animal missing he couldn't had identify the criminal in few days. The peace of hair attached on Matumona's head was not good enough. They were many people with long dreadlock hair in the city and in Zambia. Thousand and thousand. The attached peace was about 15 centimeters long while Matumona's hairs were just too long. May be he could have had cut the remained part of the detached hair.
But the missing of animal from the owner�s complained. Help him to see witch way he took. In the city were they were many short cuts. The killer didn't take the road only. He took the usual short cut that people uses. Some of them were in others people's yard.
Even the pressure of the community member didn't huge him to speed the process. He knew that once he works under pressure he may blow everything. He was still convinced that Matumona wasn't alone in the plot. His CV has shown that he was always hired to steal.
After a short sleep the first week of the murder Thursday. Someone knocked at the door. He first hides the single dreadlock hair that he forget to lack in his safe. Tired after spending many hours in the club and after taking tree bottle of beer him who was just an occasional drinker. Then went to open, it was Bemba the police chief who come to see him: "Brother, how far are you with the investigation?"
"I am in the early stage of the investigation."
He offered him a seat in the room that had two chairs, a table a cupboard with a small money safe under the bed where he put the peace of hair and a double bed.
Zaka Zaka Moba after leaving Tshale. Decided to put in the main house people to rent the house and himself was using a back room for his occasional trip to Tshale. It is why he had a money safe in that room. Often when wanting to go shopping the machinery of his farm or deposit the money in the bank, he always comes to Tshale. Muvango where he relocated had no banking institution.

"Make quick, the community is angry with us."
"If I rush, I will catch an innocent or give a chance to the criminal to run away. I am visiting churches too to get some crucial information."
"Please, on my way to work today, some people were screaming on me when walking on streets: failure, corrupt...Yesterday, hundred of people comes to the police station complaining of the non arrest event of a single suspect!"
He assured the worry the police chief: "Don't worry; I was early at the scene of the murder. Something may come up after the funeral of Nashi."
Zaka Zaka insisted to Bemba: "Don't follow the emotion of the community, there are angry and we are all angry because such case of terrific murder never happens in this small city. It we follower the emotion of the community we will fail in the investigation..."

Most of the people in Tshale used to bury their loved one on Saturday. It was one of biggest wedding the city has witness after Sissa's Ramy burial.
More than ten thousand people come to pay tribute to Nashi. All the church leaders who had differences left their differences aside and come together to pay tribute to the dead woman.
A huge governmental delegation too was there. Include the vice president of the country. The minister of defense, the minister of woman's affair. The safe and security minister. The minister of youth and sport, the representatives of different churches too. Not forgetting hundred of Nashi's relatives too.
The journalists were there to take pictures and film the scene and on the national broadcast, the show 10 minutes of this funeral and the urge the community to come up with the information leading to the arrest of the criminals.
They were various choirs� organization there to pay tribute. It took more than four hours for the funeral to end.
It resembled on the Tshipolopolo national soccer player funeral in Lusaka. The unforgettable tragedy that the country had suffered. The plane crashed with aboard members of the Tshipolopolo national team next to the Ghana border. The all country mourned the national team players who were representing the country. They die like patriotic soldier for the country.
For a small town like Tshale more than the tenth of the city decided to go and pay tribute for a young woman was just unforgettable.
Many more wanted to come but they couldn't get through the thousand of people who were already at the funeral. They all switch on radio Tshale and listen to the funeral proceeding and various choirs who pay tribute to Nashi Bulela.

Zaka Zaka Moba who had a busy programs meeting various churches leader and social leader in the church and out of the church. Interviewing various people and also checking some of the file at the police station with some of the information given by thousand of people. Interviewing some of the people who come forward with information.
With his secret aganda. He made time to visit personally the decease's father Mr. Bulela to comfort him and trying to get some information that may help him in the investigation.
With his method, he refused to arrest Overdose Bulela before getting himself the other suspect.
Zaka Zaka Moba learn from his experience when he arrested some of the criminal and the main criminal were able to corrupt and even intimidate the arrested criminal to say the truth or give their names. It was painful to arrest some criminal while others still not arrested or even manage to escape.
He refused to make that mess. He believed in another way to arrest the other criminal. He was sure that there is a possibility. His deadline was one day before the election to arrest Overdose with or without the other criminal but his pray was to arrest them both at the same time.

Zaka Zaka Moba met before in his life Bulela who was in his late fifties and worked as an administrator in Tshale but they were not friend or enemies.

Bulela received him outside his house under the tree like many citizens did in Tshale because it was a hot country. They preferred to take a fresh air outside and watching people passing on street. It was just a good vibe. The only time that they may meet in the house was only when the whether was bad with rain or during the night.

They were seating on the wooden chair when Zaka Zaka Moba introduced the subject: "I heard the sad news about the death of your daughter forgive me for coming after almost two months to present my condolence."
Bulela was aware that Zaka Zaka Moba has relocated to Muvango. It wasn't that late because for the past two months at least ten people kept coming each day to present their condolence. And that alone made very difficult for Bulela and his family to forget the great loss they have suffered.
Bulela told him: "It is not late to visit a brother."
Bulela who has just retired has to come to term with the death and kept spending money buying drink for the numerous visitors. Thank to Tabernacle the church were Nashi prayed supported with 150 000 Kwatcha about 3 000 $and the government gave him 100 000 Kwatcha about 2 000 $.
He offered him the popular beer called Simba, Temba, Castle� While drinking Bulela could not hide his emotion. He lost the same day his daughter and the coming grand child: "It is sad that she died a day after telling us how she was pregnant and was in love with one of the well respected man in the church. She didn't reveal his name. Just when we were proud of her the next day we had the tragedy."
Zaka Zaka Moba called it the second break trough. He regretted why he neglected to visit Bulela early? It wasn't the first time that he commits a mistake in his profession. It happens to all the investigators. They always commit mistakes in neglecting some simple fact that may have been very decisive in their founding. Sometime because of those mistakes they fail to arrest in time the criminal even fail to arrest the criminal and seeing they case being thrown in court for not sufficient evidence.

He didn't know that the woman was pregnant. If the woman was pregnant they must be a father and it that man who may be able to gave them clarity on the murder too.
Those are the kind of the words Zaka Zaka Moba was looking for: "Really, it is a big mystery. Really a big mystery, this kind of crime doesn�t happen in this city. We were proud of the safety here where we walk anytime in the night but your daughter died at the place where she supposed to be the safe: her house."
"We really pray that the criminal be found. Really, I will kill the one who took my daughter's life away and revenge her death."

Zaka Zaka Moba felt the anger of Bulela. It was a normal reaction to a man who lost a big child. Sometime it was better to loose a child when he still young that when he has grow up. Many citizen almost all the families has lost at least one third of their child when they were enfant. Living in a tropical land with many natural diseases and the biggest killer in Africa malaria. It wasn't easy to raise children.
Africa was just too different with Europe where there were few diseases. It was a great lost to the family and the community in general not forgetting Tabernacle where she served as a choir member and member of the church cleaning team.

Bulela hoped that Nashi could have given the name of the father of the coming baby but because she wanted to protect him she refused. He was sure that one of the days, when the child will be born the father of the baby will be known. Bulela was still under shock and anger the same time.
Zaka Zaka Moba took the opportunity to ask some question before he reveals that he was hired to help in the case: "I heard that she was single. Why did you allow her to live by herself instead of living with her?"
"She told us some years ago that the church where she was working wanted to rent a room for her."
They thought that it was a perfect idea because at home she used to pray a lot in the middle of the night and disturbing her sisters with whom she was sharing the room. It was good for her because she lived in a quiet place. But almost everyday two to tree day she was coming to cook and visit the family. They preferred to eat in family it was just a good interaction. But for unknown reason she disappeared for a while and become very rare. She was angry of the pressure that the family was putting on her to get married and the men they wanted to give her. She didn't like them.
He comforted again Nashi's father assuring him of the possible arrest of the criminal: "Don't get so angry what is important is that the man who committed suicide and the man behind the crime will be arrested."
Bulela has lost hope in the arrest of the criminal. People cannot keep waiting forever. Two months has passed and no sign of any arrest was visible. Bulela complained: "When? When? Because the police is taking long to arrest the criminal who may flee the Tshale. Zaka Zaka, I know you were policemen before you retire. When the criminal has been given enough time, he found a way to cover his fake."
He wasn't aware that Zaka Zaka Moba has return for one more case and that case was to catch his daughter's killer. Zaka Zaka Moba refused to let him know may be once Bulela could have been aware of that he could have view him as a failure of failing to catch the criminal in few days. People had no patience in the land of mobbing where the community once they catch a criminal they judge him on the spot and in few minutes sentence him. Some innocent people have died too through these practices. Some of the people could accept of committing the crime they didn't do or even associate to that crime an innocent man. Some didn't want to die alone. They wanted to die even with people they hated: "No I am not alone. My accomplice name is MR. X, He fled before you arrive."
The mobbing was very effective because everybody was watching and everybody was a policemen and it keep the crime very low because the criminal were very much scared of the community than the police but at the same time many innocent died. The community may not even given you time to deny or explain.

There was a little thing that people could have done too in coming with information leading to the arrest of the criminals and the same time there is nothing the police could have done because Nashi wasn't open even to her neighbours. They hardly talk or chat with neighbour and had no close friends. The only chat was hello and that is all. She didn't have any best friend to tell her secret.
Bulela could defend her daughter: "She has one best friend, the Bible. Since when she was born she used to be very quiet. It is her nature; in fact she was the most quiet child in the family. Everybody knew her."
It seems that Zaka Zaka had one word on his mouth: "The police will catch the criminal and accomplices. It may take weeks or days but we will have a clear clarity on the mystery death of Nashi�"
Zaka Zaka wanted to ask a last question and very important one before he leave. He didn't want to be disturbed as two more visitors arrived:
He pushes his chair toward Bulela and asked him with a very low voice: "Tell me who could have been the father of the coming baby?"
With a desperate voice Bulela answered: "We don't know. Even her mother doesn't. Probably it must have been someone with whom they pray with."
Zaka Zaka thanked him and promised to return in few days so they may talk. He has a very important information that will help him to catch the criminal. He went to many churches undermining that the suspect may be from the same congregation where Nashi pray.
The reason of suspecting the other churches it because many churches leader has physically fought for followers; they blamed each other of stealing their church followers. Some of the church leader had to work with bodyguards because of those ongoing fights.

The investigator Sunday got two things that interested him: Overdose and Nashi was pregnant and the church was paying for a rent. For him the early found were:
Zaka returned home and draw another least of suspect in Tabernacle include on that list the name of the church founder Mzee Jakaranda. Like all the suspects he thought that Mzee Jakaranda could have been involved with Nashi and hired Overdose to do the duty job to kill his secret lover.
He decided to see the head of the church Mzee Jakaranda a certain Monday morning, one week before the coming election morning to get more information.
Mzee Jakaranda was shocked of the death and the same time the church was going to some financial trouble. Last week out of 2000 followers he collected only five thousands dollar. He had to adjust his spending to meet the church need and his high standard life. The 3 000 $ he contributed to Nashi big funeral left a big hole in the finance of the month. The departure of Ramy the rich man from his church was a big financial blow. And some of his rich friend from the church brought a big financial unbalanced. Most of the people in Tshale were not financially rich. Few Ivories dealer were the one who were supporting the ministry. The overseas donors where also very slow to make they contributions.
He had two things in mind, to reach 5 000 followers. The church was build for 5 000 peoples. He was about to reach that amount of followers before many followers leave the church and the same time to get more rich people and people to finance the ministry.

Zaka Zaka Moba managed to meet the pastor founder of the church Tabernacle, Mzee before he met other people. Mzee Jakaranda knew him when he was a investigator but didn�t' know that he retired. Mzee Jakaranda thought for a while that he was may be transferred in other city. They used to transfer a lot people working in the public service and policemen often.
Zaka Zaka Moba has met Mzee Jakaranda many years ago for some interrogation and Mzee was expecting another interrogation when the secretary announced that Zaka Zaka wanted to meet him. It didn't take him 5 minutes for Zaka Zaka Moba to wait. He was received straight by the pastor founder.
It been a while that Zaka Zaka Moba saw the founder of the church in the office. It was a well renovated office. With imported marble inside. A big cupboard with many file and book on it.
An imported tables and chair. It was like a minister office. Zaka Zaka Moba who had many plan for his farm enjoy being in this kind of office to inspire him to build a look alike office. He wanted to make his farm one of the most respectable and modernized farm in the land with a superb office.

It been two months that Nashi a member of his church was murdered and already the police come to interrogate him and search in his office and the church. All the pastors too were interviewed. But he was always willing to co operate with the justice. "Zaka Zaka what bring you here?"
"I am sorry that you lost one of your important followers and I wanted to take your time on your busy schedule to ask you some question related to Nashi."
"Sure, you welcome."
Mzee Jakaranda was always disposal to answer some question even thought Zaka Zaka wasn't attending their church service.
The investigator nodded reminding that he attended the funeral Nashi's funeral. In they culture they don't miss the funeral; it was one the most important thing in life not to miss. It was important to pay respect to the decease one.
Mzee Jakaranda knew very well that Zaka Zaka Moba and the reason of his visit. Zaka Zaka started his job in questioning him. "I wanted to know how many times did you pay her room rent?"
"May be Twice. Wait."

She was cleaning the church and was also a very important member of the choir. She didn't have a monthly salary like many volunteers. But time to time, the church help those volunteers when there are in trouble. He remembers paying the decease rent for may be twice. There was no way that the church owner could deny having help Nashi for all those years she was involved in the church.
The church founder, stood up. And walk toward cupboard. And open one of the windows: "Let me check the money register to find out."
He took some files with him and put on the table. Zaka Zaka Moba realizes how to run a church was a big deal not only the Sunday service but there is too much to do. Those file meant how it was busy in the pastor's office. The pastor's job was not only to read the Bible but many other things were to be done.
Mzee open the money registers and checked for the past money records and said after about 10 minutes: "It was not twice but four times."
"Did you know that she was living alone?"
He laughed for a moment: "The church is big and I have many volunteers. I thought that she was living with her parents."
"Do you know if he was having a lover?"
This time Mzee Jakaranda face was an unfamiliar as he spoke rigorously: "The church is very strict concerning the love affairs. I fired more than fifteen pastors and twenty five: volunteers, choir�s members in the past years for having some love affair especially the choir members. Nashi was not only a volunteer but an example to many followers. If I knew that she was having an affair, I could have dismissed her from the church. Most of the people dismissed are those who had some affair outside their marital status. We allow people to get married first before they involvement in sexes activities."
Then Mzee Jakaranda opened the Bible to a man who wasn't interest in the gospel: "The Bible said in Exodus 20:14, you must not commit adultery. Adultery is when you are involved in sex activity without getting married or having an affair outside your marriage. We always teach people to wait for marriage before having sex. Nashi didn't have any boyfriend, may be in secret. One of my pastors was caught seven years later after cheating with a church follower. May be she had a secret affair but I am limited to follow all the movements of the volunteers and other servant of God. What I am sure of that the truth will always come out sooner or later."

Zaka Zaka Moba could read the preacher mind with all the talking and his emotional expression. It showed how innocent he could have been. Zaka Zaka Moba before meeting him had a very strong feeling that Mzee Jakaranda could have been Nashi's baby father. But with all his past experience as an investigator he didn't have to trust the pastor anyway.
The guilty people are the one who want to defend a lot. Zaka Zaka trusted more his intuition that the talking. He asked him another question: "Do you know any woman who was close to Nashi?"
"Really my church is too big."

He had some four thousands followers that went down to two thousand followers and all the followers are brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ there are member of one family. The family of Christ, it why they call each other brothers and sisters. Mzee Jakaranda was talking too a member of a big church, they have more than thousand friends. He didn't know really who was very close to her.
The man learned that Nashi was sponsored by the church only four times in the five years that she was living alone. This was a pure indication that she had someone helping her to meet the payment's rent. She was not working beside the church activities and her family was not rich to sponsor her but could have given a room when she was in need.
Who was the man in the secret man helping her? Nashi's parent knew that it is the church that pay the rent. The pastor founder said that they only helped her four times.
The two hundred thousand dollar award promised by the police was too much as everybody wanted to get the money but they didn't have enough evidence to help the police and have a hand on the money.
Zaka Zaka Moba went after the interview with Mzee to meet Nashi's neighbour and was willing to visit even Nashi's sister to get some information. It was more complicated than he thought. The road was still long and complicated and time was running out for Zaka Zaka. A break before the first democratic election in Zambia.

Meanwhile the investigator went even to question some family members and the neighbours. He didn't find any helpful information.

The male nurse Dombasi who helped twice Nashi to have an abortion couldn't resist the offer when Thursday he went to the police station to speak to the inspector.
He didn't know that Simon Kelemani could be involved in the murder. He didn't even think about it. At the start he was ignorant saying to himself that he didn't have any information to give. But having known Nashi and Simon secret love affairs. He helped the decease woman to commit two abortions and one of them was very dangerous. He was the only man knowing their secret love affairs but for many days, he thought that the love affairs and the abortion have nothing to do with the murder.
It was in the early hours of a Thursdays less than the week before the election in Zambia that an idea comes in his mind while having insomnia in the early hours.
He needed money too like all the people. Talking about Simon Kelemani affairs could have jeopardized they friendship but he decided to take a risk to reveal that secret to the police station. Simon Kelemani who visited Lusaka the capital city of Zambia once in his life felt in love with the modern building in Zambia. He had a dream to build one in his native village or in Tshale.
The award that was hundred thousand dollar and doubled to two hundred thousand dollar for Dombasi could have helped him to make that dream of building a building true.
After many analyses he decided early in the morning to visit the police stations where hundred of people kept coming with information. Some of the people even gave more than 10 different information. They were trying they luck like a different lotto combinations numbers.
According to his analyzes he concluded that he may have a suitable evidence to have a little share on that two hundred thousands dollar award. He wanted to confess only defunct abortion's story. He didn't know anything about the murder.
He arrived in the morning at the police station to report what he knew taking chance to have an hand on the reward. He was wearing a black jean and a white T-shirt and a baseball caps.
Bemba knowing the importance of the case was himself taking the information that various people were giving. Sometime working overtime. Then he the afternoon he could select some of them and present to Zaka Zaka Moba and other investigators. But since two months nothing was helpful. He had plenty of stress failing to capture the criminal and wanting to prove the public wrong because they lost completely trust in the police.
Dombasi before even seeing Bemba the chief policemen at the counter could hear his voice chasing other people: "Go away. It is you again. It is the third time I see you."
In that overcrowd office, Dombasi hesitated. He didn't want to be humiliated and wanted to return home without giving his information. He waited for 45 minutes in the queue to talk to Bemba: "Chief, I have one secret to tell you."
There were many people who come to reports false and unrealistic evidence before him and Bemba didn't by their story. He thought that it was one of them: "Tell me."
"I am a nurse and I helped Nashi to commit two abortions."
The inspector got angry: "So what the abortion has to do with the death of Nashi? You killed unborn baby that this all? The child could have been a ministers, president or even a inventor...May be another criminal too."
Abortion was illegal and he could have been arrested too for that crime in Zambia. Bemba has to prosecute this man. He was even sure that he may have lied. Trying to prosecute him could have been a waste of time and energy if they were false. He decided to buy time, in not arrest him. He has many unfinished cases. Arresting Dombasi could have sent a wrong message to the public too. They could even loose faith in the police and never come to confess.
Dombasi tried to explain to the angry policeman: "I thought that may be it may help you."
"You just want to get rich for nothing."
The advertising is clear that they will offer the reward. It is not even the police that will offer the reward; it is the mayor of the city who is offering the reward. It says that they will offer the reward to the man who will give information leading to the arrest of the criminal that is all. What the murder has to do with abortion?
Bemba could look at the man straight on his face and warned him: "If your job helping the women to kill the unborn babies. You have to stop now before I arrest you. Go and tell your friend too to stop the abortion. You don't know that some of those babies could have be the doctors, engineer, president or even policemen like me?"
There was no excuse of abortion in African tradition. Life and death were mystery of God. Not even poverty could stop people of having children. All the parents kept complaining that life is hard. The cost of life his getting expensive but at the same time the children were growing. The only time that African tolerated abortion was in a case of incest. The children from the same blood link even not killed used to die in the early age.

The nurse was humiliated: "I am sorry; I thought that my information could have helped you."
"No we don't want to hear those stories." Bemba said "We want someone telling us that I saw that man wearing may be a red T-shirt leaving the day of the murder Nashi' house�"
Dombasi then realized that it is impossible to have a peace of money. The police chief angry told the leaving nurse: "We are not a bank and we don't have money here. The money is offered by the mayor of the city for the information leading to the arrest of the criminal."
Disappointed Dombasi before even leaving the police counter could hear Bemba saying: "Next".
Bemba felt his legs heavy as he was leaving the crowded reception without even having a good

Bemba heard many story from all sort of people: we suspect, we saw, we imagine, we noticed�
The nurse left the police station very disappointed. He thought that the information could be useful to help him to get even few money. Now his friendship with the pastor could have been jeopardize as the policeman chief knew that she was pregnant. And many people in that police reception's room could have heard the news and spread. He knows that the bad knew are spread very fast. Dombasi felt guilty at the same time he wasn't sure that pastor Simon could have done something like this.

Zaka Zaka Moba the investigator list was short listed. Out of all the twenty suspect he had, he kept four suspect and all the suspect where from the church include the name of Mzee Jakaranda as the premier suspect and Overdose the main accomplice the church founder. Simon wasn't on the list.

At the other hand Kapinga, Simon Kelemani's wife strangely noticed that his husband who used to take the blanket once a week every Wednesday and sometime twice a week and claimed that he was going to the night pray was not going anymore. He even asked him one day night: "Simon, last month you missed twice the nights pray because you were sick and I realized that you were truly sick. But this time you don't even mention about the night pray that you were doing for many years now. I don't know how many years."
Simon calmly responded: "I decided to stop for a while because of the death of Nashi. There are many rumour that there is a bunch of criminals who fled Lusaka prison and relocated here are busy killing people. Look we lost Nashi. She was killed in her own yard. She went to urinate on her outside toilet and on her way back she was killed. The city is not the same anymore. I want you to tell to the big children to stop walking at night. We are waiting for the policemen to clear the city from the bandits to restart the night pray for now we stop the night pray."
This was a suitable excuse as her wife apologized: "I am sorry. I was just asking why you don't do the night pray anymore. I know that you are a pastor and your only job is serving God�"

The same Thursday night this time Zaka Zaka Moba went to visit the police chief at the police station. His main concern this time his that the policemen kept searching people houses and breaking their things. The investigator wanted to tell too the police chief Bemba to tell his men in uniform to stop harassing people who come to visit Tshale and some who come in business trip.
When he got off of his Yamaha. He smoked one cigarette while watching the big building, the second biggest building in Tshale after the general hospital. It was home too the biggest police station cells. They had only one prison in Zambia for the entire country. That was a sign of the low crime into the land. But Tshale served as a small jail too, once the prison in Lusaka was full they could send to Tshale the prisoner serving less than 6 months sentence. Or prisoners to be realize. At the back of the building was the court of Tshale. Serving the city and thousand of the villages around. Even thought in the villages they were using the tribal court some cases were transferred to Tshale in the modern court.

It reminded him of his job as a policeman. He used to smoke every time before entering the building. Sometime to avoid to disturb the other none smoker, he could often come out of the building and smoke under the tree.
Bemba was has been the entire day in the police station was still in the police station this time in his office after a long day in the reception room taking information of suspected Nashi's killer. He was now to his office to sort out other problem before returning home. The 42 year�s old policeman and university graduate loved his job. He could return home sometime midnight and the next day he was at the station at seven hours in the morning.
The police chief received him in his office at the police station: "I am happy that you come to see me, I hope that you have good news for the research of the criminal?"
The man shook his head: "I am almost there?"
The anxious police chief had no idea of what he meant we are almost there: "What are you talking about; people are still coming to ask as if we have captured the killer? What do you mean by almost there?"
Not forgetting the march of angry resident in Tshale. Time to time the police supported by the soldier could go and disperse the crowd with tear gas and plastic bullet sometime wounding people and getting wounded by resident throwing all sort of object to them include stones.
Most of the people who grew in the rural areas were very good in throwing stones. They learned in they early age to throw stones to kill birds.
This time Zaka Zaka Moba decided to calm him down to reveal some of his finding. He refused never the less to reveal the main suspect Overdose and his dreadlock hair find on the scene. Those were exhibit in the court: "We need the community help too to capture the criminal. I have got 90 % of the information. Tell to your colleagues and policemen to stop harassing people who come in visit here and the businessmen and many innocent residents. The killer could be from the church. He probably had some link or an affair with Nashi. He probably supported her in paying the rent of her house. Nashi's father told me that the church was paying the rent. Mzee Jakaranda told me that they only supported the woman four times and at the same times the woman who is not working, who was only a volunteer in the church afforded to pay the rent for five years."
The police chief felt his body turning cold. While the investigator revealed one side of story leaving even the animal missing that help him to make a map to trace Overdose aside: "Why the woman left her parent's place still a mystery. I suspect that she found a place of her own and the one who was supporting the rent was may be coming to have a good time to Nashi's house. There is probably a man up there in the church who may be was going out with Nashi and didn't want to be known. I think that the man couldn't marry her because he was already married."
Bemba put both of his hand on his head. And the investigator asked: "Why, you put the hand on your head?"
He responded: "I think I made a mistake."
"Which one?"
Silence as the Bemba recalled all the people who come with various suggestions: "A deadly mistake. There are many people who come with stories just to try to get their hand on the hundred thousand rewards."
The police chief decided to reveal the deadly mistake: "There is a man who was in is fifties or late forties and claimed that he helped the woman to commit twice abortion. I didn't realize that the abortion stories could help the investigation."
Zaka Zaka Moba simply told the police chief: "We got the criminal."
He stood up and said again in rose his voice: "We got the answer where is the man?" Zaka Zaka Moba asked "Nashi's father told me that she was pregnant at the time of her death."
Surprise the inspector told him: "I don't know how to fix the blinder. I don't know that man and I never see him. He told me that he was a nurse."
"Let go now and search for that nurse. You may recognize his face."
"Of course I will recognize his face, once I see him again."
Their immediately left the office and went looking for all the nurses living in Tshale. Their asked many people on street and the known surgery in the town, they even went to the biggest hospital looking for that male nurse.
It was already in the early hours of Friday. They kept knocking at the door of sleeping people searching for nurses. At around eight in the morning they both decided to have a small sleep and return to search in the evening. They knew that many people who commit abortion do it at night in secret in they homes because abortion was illegal.

At around eight hours in the even after being directed by one of the citizen finally they knocked at the right door. The woman who opens the door seeing the uniform of the police man hide his husband who was committing an abortion in one of the room of the house: "Can I help you?"
"We are looking for the nurse who lives here."
The woman hide the husband: "He is not here but I will be before ten hours in the evening. If you may come back in one or two hours."
"Alright, if he comes back tell him that Bemba the police chief wants to see him. We will be back."
Disappointed they left the house. Zaka Zaka told the Bemba the police chief: "Every word is important in the investigation process. You should have taken his identity. We don't know if he is the right man or just another wrong man. I won't eat; I won't go back to my house until I finish this job."
Confused their stand outside the nurse's house trying to get an answer as the investigator suggested: "Let wait in the car for one hour, let move the car at two hundred meter away of the house and check the movements. May be his wife just hide him? You shouldn't wear this uniform? People are scared of you."
The police chief realized his mistake. Abortion was illegal in the city and a man with a uniform wasn't welcome at the nurse�s house: "Let me go and change the uniform."
"It is too late, you have shown your face with your uniform and keep it until we identify if it is the right man or another wrong man."
Their moved their car and were watching the movement from far.
Meanwhile, the nurse who heard the knocking at the door asked his wife: "Who was there?"
She answered: "The police."
"Police?"
"Yes, they were two men who were here looking for the nurse." his wife said "One was in the police uniform and one was wearing civilian clothes."
"What do the police where looking for?"
"I don't know."
Abortion was illegal but he was not convinced that the police come to arrest him because all the process was done in secret. He remembered that he went to the police station some day ago to report the Nashi's abortion. They didn't arrest him at the police station, why they have to arrest him at his house? He realized that may be it because of the murder investigation. Then he told his wife: "Look what you have done?"
"What baby?"
"We can be rich by now." the nurse said "The police want me to help them in the investigation of Nashi's death. We can win that lotto money of hundred thousands dollar."
The woman wasn't sure: "You know that abortion is illegal, I couldn't allow them to let them come in?"
"Jesus, you could have taken the risk to call me." the nurse regretted "Now may be another man will give the information very useful leading to the arrest of the criminal. I have to build a building, I have to buy you a nice car, I have to build a hospital and I have to buy a nice house."
Dombasi who worked for a private clinic in Tshale took a risk to expend his four room house he bought. He started already the project seven years ago but was always unable to finish the construction. In fact most of his money he was getting from helping women to get abortion. Most of the clients were student and unmarried who feared to disgrace their family in getting pregnant before being married.
In their tradition once a woman has a child it was very difficult to be married. Sometime they give little money to the parents of woman who has children before being married. It was a disgrace to the family and community to get pregnant without getting married.
Some student feared too that may not finish they studies with a child. It may disturb they studies. And they could have lost respect too to school.

Dombasi house resembled to an abandoned house or destroyed house. One part was completed and the other part was still under construction at a very slow rate. As an African he has to look after his family and many relatives and sometime friends and neighbours. In Africa everybody was part of one extended family. It why even Tshale was growing big they were no homeless and beggar. They were sharing food and what they had like in the ancient Africa.
With Kubeka the acting mayor. He was encouraging people not to forget they ancient Africa where they were no classes. No rich or poor but only happy people. No comparison, no extreme love of materialism.

Dombasi told the young woman who went to commit an abortion: "Come, tomorrow. The process isn't completed yet. Take these antibiotics, take four now and four in the morning make sure that you eat before taking any medicine."
The investigator and the police chief saw a woman leaving the nurse's house and Mamba said: "Look the woman leaving the nurse�s house. I am sure she went to commit an abortion. Look, she looks very weak. I told you that the woman got scared of the uniform, she thought that we wanted to arrest his husband because of your uniform."
"I told you that let me go home and change the uniform."
The investigator didn't want to take a risk in loosing eyes on the nurse: "No, we may loose the man. The man will try to hide if we leave this place. If he is trying to run away he will leave before the one hour that his wife told us to come back. Let wait and see."
Thirty minutes later, they saw Dombasi the nurse coming out of his house. The nurse was rushing to go to the police station. The police chief said: "That the man."
"Who?"
"The man running on street let follow him. He was wearing exactly the same clothes."
The followed him and stopped him. It was the nurse who went to report the abortion to Bemba. When the man saw the inspector he happily said: "I am the man who comes to report the story of abortion."
The police chief said: "I was looking for you the all afternoon."
"But you dismissed early all I wanted to tell you. You didn't even give me a chance to talk."
Bemba realized his mistake but he never wanted to apologize. He almost divorced his wife for not wanting to apologize. His wife wanted him to learn to apologize and he never wanted to kill his proud. It was only by the intervention of the family member that they fixed once their difference. Bemba went on to marry a second wife without the permission of his first wife.
Polygamous was part of their tradition. But Bemba who was graduated from the University of Lusaka wanted to have one wives. When he realized that all his brothers had many wives and children. He went after 10 years of marriage in one of the village to marry a second wife.
With all his proud, he brought the second wife in his big house that had five bedrooms and gave her one room.
Then when his first wife found out that the woman that he brought wasn't his cousin as he said but his second wife in her house.
Bemba gave her a room in his house before finding another house to rent for her.
The only think he had to do was to apologize to his wife who could have understood their tradition. He refused to accept his mal doing.
Bemba simply said: "I need you now."
Then the nurse changed his mind. Dombasi find himself now in a commanding position. The police needed him. He had something that the police wanted. He wasn't that stupid: "I won't talk without receiving the money first".
This time the police chief had to beg him: "Come in the car and we will talk on our way to the police station."
The man insisted this time that he didn't want mention the name of the person who recommended Nashi for the two abortions: "I know the man who recommended Nashi to commit the abortions but I won't mention is name without seeing the money first."

The road to the truth wasn't that easy. Zaka Zaka Moba felt the disappointment. Every time he his close to get the criminal something has to happen. They spend the entire night searching for the man who wanted to talk at the police station but now that they have found him they joy have been cut. The man who wanted to talk does not want to talk as Bemba kept begging him: "Look, the advert says that the man who will give us the information leading to the arrest of the criminal will receive hundred thousands dollars. We need the information first then after the conviction of the criminal we will give you the money. The police don't have such us money but the mayor of Tshale who attended Nashi's funeral will give you the money."
Zaka Zaka Moba felt angry. How people could loose love because of money. In the ancient Africa when they were no money. They had very few problems and everybody loved each other but bow people loves money than human. Zaka Zaka Moba felt like crying why people love money so much? No one is buried with money. We are born without money and we will be buried without money.
Just a name to help him to complete the case becomes a problem. Why do people have to make problems where there is no problem?
Zaka Zaka Moba has to leave for a while his farming business where he was already a big boss and entrepreneur to help his friend mayor Prof. Kubeka in finding the killer. He was not expecting money but may be a respect in Zambia.
Zaka Zaka Moba has to go the long way because he didn't want to catch the criminal and torture him. If a man can kill he won't say easily. Overdose could not give the name of the man who sends him easily. He once used the torture system but the case was thrown out of the court because of his method. For a while he hated the human's right and all the democracy procedure where a man has to talk according to his will not forced.

He looked at Dombasi and wanted to hit him to realize his disappointment but if he has to do so he could have lost the case that he almost won.
The nurse refuses now to buy the policeman story: "No way. I know you police. After the information even if you arrest the criminal you will say that my information didn't help you. I need first money."
"How will I know that your information is useful if you don't talk?"
The nurse become now serious: "Why did you come looking for me? It is because you realized how my information is important. Why you didn't look for other people in the city? I don't have any insurance that the money is there. I want first the money. The reward is too good to be true. I need to open my mouth with insurance."
The investigator said to the inspector: "I am sure that the man has the last key to get the criminal. Let call the mayor who is concerned by this problem come and talk to the nurse. Let make sure that before the news spread in town tomorrow we catch the criminal before it is too late. The other accomplice may be catch even tonight."
After thirty minutes of discussion, Dombasi accepted to go to the police station but refuse to talk without seeing the money.

They called the mayor Kubeka who arrived in at around eleven hour in the evening. He wasn't around, he was in the middle of the bush campaigning for the election that was taking place the coming Tuesday. He had to leave everything and return in the late hours of the night to Tshale. When Prof Kubeka entered in Bemba office, he said: "Congratulation, you got the criminal."
Before they answered him, he look at the nurse who was sitting in the office and immediately slap him: "Fuck you, do you think that you can escape the justice."
Bemba quick intervene to prevent the mayor to beat the nurse: "No mayor, he is not the criminal. It is the man who may have the key to the arrest of the criminal. The investigation his almost completed, what Zaka Zaka Moba has done is almost completed, but this man is the nurse who helped Nashi to get abortion. He knows the man from the church who was going out with Nashi in secret. The finding is that Nashi was pregnant and apparently they killed her so the secret will vanish. This man has to tell us only the name of the man."
The mayor very disappointed didn't even apologize. He got a short message that didn't explain everything. For him the criminal was arrested and the timing of the arrest was good. He wanted to add a word and logo on the campaigning message: "Vote as for a change. If we can arrest the criminal or Nashi's killer we can do everything for you and ensure your safety."
This murder was a very controversial one and everybody in the country was waiting to hear the killers. How strange the politician can use the current affairs on they favor.
"He has to tell us the name of that man that is all."
The nurse wasn't intimidated: "It why they called you, I don't open my mouth without any guaranty of the money. The information is a big secret to me that I kept for many years to protect the reputation of the church."
Prof Kubeka the mayor confirmed: "The money is there. Once the man is arrested you will get your cheque."
Dombasi wasn't the only one who doubted that the government will respect they promises. Many people in Zambia and every where were saying that the man who help the police to find the criminal won't have the promised money.
It is not the first time, the politician has promised but rarely fulfill they promises.
Dombasi stayed with his view: "I know the police; they won't give me the money."
The mayor approached the nurse and look at him in his face: "My friend, we want the name and you will get money. I am ready to sign a document as a proof. If we don't honour our promise you will take us to court."
Kubeka, the mayor took a paper on the office table and wrote a statement and promise to give money. Then Prof Kubeka the mayor signed, the nurse Dombasi signed, the police chief Bemba and the investigator Zaka Zaka Moba as witness. The nurse took another peace of paper and wrote: "It is Pastor Simon Kelemani."
Even thought Dombasi didn't get the money he wanted on spot but at least this signed paper could help him to take them to court if the information he gave was useful to the investigation and helped to arrest the criminal.

The mayor said: "Are you sure that it is the right man?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure a pastor can cheat?"
"Why do I have to sign a paper then mention a wrong person? Why I have to make you come at this time of the night just to name a wrong person?"
Kubeka, the mayor asked Zaka Zaka Moba: "Are you convinced that we got the man?"
Zaka Zaka Moba nodded: "This sound true. The man was mentioned by Nashi's father as an important man in the church. I even suspected for a while the founder of the church."
The mayor asked again: "What next?"
"Keep secret, the right time to arrest them will come." Zaka Zaka Moba said "He is not alone the statement has to coincide with the other arrest."
He stopped and pulls out from his pocked the hair of Overdose and said: "We must catch first the man hired to do the job and same time catch the sender. The owner of this hair is called Overdose Matumona hired to kill."
This was the last name to be suspected by the Bemba the police chief. His men searched his house and acquitted him. They all minimized him that he may not have the courage to kill. Bemba insisted: "We even suspected Overdosed implication in the murder but we thought that he was too stupid to kill and escape without leaving any trace. He is a petty crime specialist of the city. This crime sounded too big for Overdose."
From that hours two policemen not in uniform were monitoring Overdose's moves until Sunday when he was finally arrested and put in the police custody while Zaka Zaka Moba himself and accompanied by six policemen and six soldier arrested Simon Kelemani in Tabernacle the church were he was serving.

When the two policemen not in uniform monitoring Overdose Matumona's latest freedom moves got the signal Sunday after 10 hours in the morning to arrest him on his trailer that was situated in Zinkondo Avenue. Situated in the South of the city. When the police knocked at the trailer door he uses as his house, the man opened the door without any resistance. One of the police man was busy telling him: "You are arrested on connection of the murder of Nashi, you have the right to remain silence�"
He asked: "How did you know that I am the killer?"
"We know because all the investigations proved that you were hired to kill Nashi by Pastor Simon."
Overdose Matumona who was still hire on dagga. Laughed: "You must be witches. How do you discover the secret?"
Their shown him the peace of his hair and the investigator gave them as a court exhibit. One policeman could proudly say: "You were hired by Pastor Simon Kelemani."
Overdose couldn't believe. He felt that a camera was watching his moves and talks with Pastor Simon. How do they know that he did the job? How come the arrest him after two months of the murder?
The last word he said before being put in the police vain: "what took you long to arrest me?"

CHAPTER FIVE: THE BLESSING AND CURSE

The good news of the capturing circulated quick in the town. Before the end of the church service the local radio station announced the news on the capturing of the suspects pastor Simon Kelemani and the man usually called Overdose that his really name was Matumona.
People who wanted to the criminal to be arrest for almost two months. Many have marched now were confused to hear that a much respected man of God well known in the city pastor Simon was also a suspect. Many were sure that Zaka Zaka Moba who was finally announced on the radio that he come out of his retirement to help the police to crack down the criminals could have made the biggest mistake of his life.
It wasn't long that the national radio of Lusaka, radio Lusaka announced in the all country that finally the police have arrested the criminals in Nashi's murder. No one cared about Overdose Matumona but they all were anxious to know the all story, why a pastor can be arrested for the strange murder of one of the church follower.
The police had a big explanation to all the people and the country.
People were happy but couldn't believe that the pastor was behind the murder. They all agreed that Overdose was the killer.

There is one man who was sadder when he heard the news from the radio it was Nashi's neighbor. A thirty five years old carpenter construction employee. Kotsho who comes to term with the lost of his animals. He screamed and cried: "No, I could have been a rich man by now. What a mistake?"
His wife who was only seventeen years old was busy feeding the baby come to ask is husband: "Who has died again?"
"No, no one died." Kotsho "But I just missed two hundred thousands dollars. I could have thrown by now all the construction uniforms and tools."
In a part of the continent where believed more in dreams and he too remembered a dream that he had.
Kotsho had a dream last night that he won a lotto jackpot. He was sitting at the five floor of the building in the fifth floor. Down the building there was a pool. The strange things he didn't understand was that the pool had milk instead of water. And he was drinking the milk from that pool at the fifth floor with a straw (tab). In the dream he was rich with four women serving me delicious food. Kotsho wake up very sad because he wanted that dream to be real.
His wife had no clue about what his husband was talking about: "What a dream has to do with your screaming?"
"The dream was really and very correct."
He saw, he thing one year ago pastor Simon, entering of Nashi's room. In this land most of the toilet was built outside. So the resident of Tshale used to wake up even in the late night using the outside toilet. He saw the man covered with a blanked outside Nashi's room, then Nashi opened the door and the man get inside. He saw the face of the man who pulled out his big hat at the door and the light from the room. His face was round like Pastor Simon Kelemani with his decorated white beer and some hair white hair. Kotsho stopped for a while then I realized that it was Pastor Simon. Then he entered closed the door Nashi's room late in the evening, it was around eleven hours in the evening. Kotsho couldn't believe that the pastor may do such us thing and he said to my self that may be he didn't see properly, may be it just an illusion, and may be the man looked like pastor Simon.
At the same time he even says that it is not his business, Nashi was old enough and was independent. She had the right to date anybody she wanted. She wasn't her sister, they just meet in Tshale and they are from different tribe.
Saying a man entering a woman's room at the late night was not a sign of having a role model. May be it was just a business visit or any other visit.
Nashi look after herself she was living alone.
Kotsho had another problem with Nashi as he was explaining to his young wife: "You know Nashi's attitude: she was quiet, she only greeted people without even asking you how are you? I just heard from the radio that pastor Simon is a premier suspect in Nashi' murder."
"Come on." His wife said "Why you did told the police in time?"
"I even forgot what I saw him when the police come to search our house." Kotsho confirmed "I was very scared and I couldn't even open my mouth. Did you see how I was shivering when I saw the bunch of armed policemen here?"
The woman urges her husband: "Go now, to the police station and tell them may be they may give you few money and we may buy the child milk. The baby's milk is finish."
"It is this too late."
"Try." His wife urged him "Don't give up."
The man was to hesitating: "I am scared of the police can you accompany me at the police station?"
The woman was more courageous than his husband: "Yes, let go."

The relationship of Nashi and Simon Kelemani had nothing to do with the killing. But they were looking for someone who was close to Nashi. That person could have been interrogated as many people have been interrogated.
It turned suspicious that person close to Nashi didn't want to be known. It was how Zaka Zaka Moba comes up with suspicious. The mayor of the city called several time to someone who was close to Nashi to please go to the police station for a simple interrogation to help the police in they investigation but no one come.

They went to the police station. Their only input was that the pastor was wearing a blanket and a big kind of Vietnamese hat.

When the people were living Simon's church were he served at around 12:35 in the afternoon. Most of the people were very angry. Everybody has a different opinion and point of view. Many people mocked the American evangelist Jimmy Swaggard of falling in love with another woman. At least the American evangelist admitted his mistake and without any proud he apologized to the millions of follower. He didn't try to hide it. Simon Kelemani wanted to escape asking for forgiveness and by trying to cover up the mess he blew everything.
Like children once they have broken something, they try to fix it themselves by trying to fix themselves they broke more that thing.
Will Simon Kelemani ask for forgiveness? Will people forgive him?
They didn't think that this kind of scandal may happen to any organization. They didn't know the power of infidelity. Mzee Jakaranda the church founder used to warn his servant: "You have to run away from adultery. There is no super man when it comes to feeling."

He used to them that avoid to spend a lot time with woman in isolated place when you are only too. He told them that you can talk with a female for few minutes, if a woman need exhortation or advice it was better to refer her to the wise elder women from the church.
He told them that thousand of knowledge of Biblical verses won't help you. You have to fear adultery.

For some church servant the devil wants to play with Jesus. Prof. Kubeka who criticized the church before being a mayor was fighting the church and wanted to disgrace the church. He was just used by the devil. He wanted his political to win the election in disgracing the church. How come the policemen may enter the holly house without any permission? Then they capture an innocent man working? They should have shown some respect. The devil has entered the police to combat the church too.

Many people were angry with the police preaching interruption. The service was interrupted and they had to quick find an unready pastor to open quickly his note book and search for a story corresponding to the preaching to complete the preaching.

Ben the pastor from the University of Lusaka managed to come with another subject corresponding to the preaching that Simon Kelemani left. Pastor Simon was talking about the good governance then Pastor Ben Tatiti just comes up with an identical subject, should the cleric be involved in politic?

At the start of the preaching Ben Tatiti was little bit lost, it was normal then he just fuse together the subjects to make it look identical. That the experience of having street Bible knowledge plus the knowledge of university.

For many Christian, Pastor Simon was just innocent. How a pastor may murder his own follower? For many Nashi was killed by robbers who wanted to steal into her house. The killer wasn't hired by the pastor. For some Overdose Matumona wanted to disgrace the church in giving the name of Simon. They didn't know that a separate investigation found Simon guilty and responsible of the murder.
For people who attended the church service for many years, they had they own point of view. They saw the rise and fall of many God's servant. They saw over the years many scandal involving servant and ordinary believers. They saw some pastor being fired for misconduct. From those experiences they learnt that God's servant were human like any human. There are not super men. They have qualities and bad side like them.
They have learned to follower the words of God not human. The word of God does not change but the human may change.

They learn to go to church hear the word of God not human. They notice that if the pastors, you may get disappointed and even give up the words of God. Many people have stop praying because of seeing a man of God falling. Simon affair could have taken 5 years to be discovered but for some it takes days and some many years. Another pastor called Musumbayi used to give us the best Biblical verses and the same time was going out with a choir member for seven years.

For many there was no need for them to forget the advice and the verses that Simon has given them even if is guilty. Many people used to take notes of the preaching over the years. They didn't have to delete the writing of a guilty pastor. The words were much different with human's mistakes.
It wasn't longer that many of the church goers returning home wanted to hear what the radio said. But they heard Bemba the policemen calling people who had dreadlock called Rastafarian to come to the police station for protection. The police was unable to protect them at different places. Since Radio Tshale and Lusaka announced the names of the suspect. Angry resident started beating up all the Rastafarian and people with dreadlock they meet on street. One bad potato has spoiled the entire bag. One bad dreadlock man who was not even a Rastafarian has destroyed the reputation of all the people who had dreadlock.
The resident called all the dreadlock people brothers to Overdose Matumona.
In few minutes after they announce of his name the police rescued 5 people with dreadlock seriously beaten.
The soldier went to Simon's family house to protect his innocent wife and children. Some were sent to Tabernacle were Simon served to protect the church.
Prof. Kubeka expected the angry reaction of the community. It is why just after announcing the much awaited name of suspect. He instructed Bemba the police chief to mobilize his people to guard people in danger. At the same time he had a chance to talk to the community on the radio, the new logo to the campaign: "Vote a change. If we can find Nashi's killer. We can guaranty to safety and prosperity."

The closest human in Pastor Simon's life was 90% sure that his husband has committed a crime. She went at around one hour in the afternoon to see the founder of the church who rushed home to eat and follow the accused at the police station. Mzee was delight to see Simon wife Kapinga. She looks terrible just after witnessing his husband being arrested during the church service. She didn't know what to do next as she went to see his husband boss.
Shocked, humiliated and apparently unable to save his husband of more than 30 years to be arrested. She didn't know what to do.
The woman who complained once that his husband shown little interest in her in the past years.
Mzee Jakaranda remembered Kapinga's complain twice and he told her that because her husband was in his fifties, she didn't have to expect him to be much interested in love making. At some stage the human's body loose it energy. For Mzee Jakaranda it was quiet natural and a normal factor for growing man.
Mzee Jakaranda remembered that he once advised Simon Kelemani to please to try to show some interest in her wife despite they age.
Mzee Jakaranda himself wanted a short break before visiting his assistant in Tshale's police station. Kapinga visit was just in a good timing so they may see what to do. They were two people very important in Simon's life. Kapinga as his wife and other to Simon's many children nine in total and Mzee Jakaranda the founder of the church were Simon's worked.

After cutting down his pastor from 12 to 4, Simon was still the very important pastor. He was the one who worked in the church for many years. He helped the church that started as a pray meeting in Mzee's living room to become one of the most respected churches in Zambia.
The church wasn't only respected in Zambia but around the world. They received many donations to build the church include other's activities: hospital, school and a sport facility.
Tabernacle Mzee's church was viewed as a European's kind of church mixed to few African traditional. Many of the new congregation had more African values and sounded more than sect than churches. Mzee Jakaranda himself was a preacher of the Anglican Church before forming his own congregation in the city was the gospel was still new. It was easy for an European or African to feel very comfortable in his church. It was one of the most organized and modern church in Tshale. They had all the technology advanced in Europe. They had the best musical instrument and most of the servants also were very respectable clothes.
All the churches leader of many new congregations had a very big respect for this man. Many of the churches leaders in Tshale some how had some kind of experienced acquired at Mzee's church. Lately, the pastors who were retrenched from Mzee's church went on to form more than 7 news organizations. Then from those organization that split form others organizations. Some of them were not even fired but they decided to leave the church after many tense Biblical verses�s interpretation. They decided to form congregation were they feel really comfortable and were no one will give them another Biblical's verses interpretation.

Before that many pastors fired for various reason or left voluntary Mzee's church went on to form other sects and churches. Mzee Jakaranda despite many enemies he acquired in Tshale was still respected. His church was a school of gospel in Tshale was very few pastor had formal theological training. Simon was the second ranked man in the church hierarchy. He was even called a small Mzee. Mzee meaning wise man was really a wise man not only the preacher but they won't talk about gospel in Tshale and many surrounding villages around without citing his name. He was an historical and a legend figure for the development of independent churches around even the development of independent churches in Zambia and many part of the continent.

Mzee had one think in watching Kapinga's face. Full of confusion and guilt the same time. He started by comforting her: "I am sorry for what happen to your husband. I am very disappointed by the police behaviour of arresting a man that I believe innocent. They should have waited for the preaching to end and arrest him. I am sure that by tomorrow they will realize him."
Kapinga's reaction sounded different to the church founder: "Pastor, I have nine children with Simon."
She got married to Simon when she was sixteen years old with the blessing of her parents. Simon was eighteen years old, living in Tshale and she was still living in the rural area when the parent arranged the marriage. Simon was all to her: husband, friend, father of their children, the man who helped her to be respected too in the community. For two years in row Kapinga was leading the woman's Christian's league in Tshale and she attended many conferences in Lusaka and other part of the continent as an influential woman's Christian.
Kapinga didn't have to tell her past because Mzee know them for almost twenty years. Mzee Jakaranda met this couple as a young couple with only 3 children at the time. He saw them grow and played a big part in maintaining their relationship. When they had marital problem, Mzee Jakaranda helped with advises. He never heard his servant or even suspected him of any kind of affairs. Mzee Jakaranda was witness to Simon Kelemani good and respectable behaviour. But he was more than shocked to hear from the woman who supposed to show her husband's innocence: "He was witness to his good behaviour. But I am afraid that Simon may have a role in Nashi's murder."
This was a more than surprise for the church founder. Because they knew each other for many years, they become more than friend. They were like a family and Kapinga was always very comfortable talking to Mzee. "Why? Stop talking like that. I never see Nashi and Simon chatting. Why can he commit a devil act while he never cheated? You know the police are targeting the church because they are unable to catch the killer."
Mzee Jakaranda knew that the police were capable of coming and arrests him because he is the church founder. There was two hundred thousands dollar reward by the police to help to catch the killer. Mzee Jakaranda himself supported the investigation. He mobilized servant to pray day and night for the arrest of the criminal. He supported the award idea because he liked Nashi and she was a member of the church. At the same time he supports the police in their investigation to get the killer. He talked on the gospel program twice his commitment to arrest the criminal. They had petty criminals in Tshale who still few things not bandits killing people. They only see in movies the real criminal. It was just normal that in any community to find criminal. Even in the classroom there is criminal, those stealing pen and books from they friend. Some of those pupils stealing are not only from disadvantaged families. Some has developed the easy way of getting thing. They have developed bad habit. Some people have just developed that robbing unable to quit like smoking and taking people's animal and radios and television. Rarely the car hijackers were from neighboring countries taking their chances but the police had worked hard to crack down most of the syndicate. Two years back they had not even one stolen car reported in Tshale.
Tshale was a place to live. Mzee Jakaranda showed the love of Tshale: "The town is small, we know each other, and we live like a big family. We respect our African tradition and the same time we want everybody to be Christian."
Mzee Jakaranda had many opportunities to live in the developed country. With all the friends he had overseas. With all the relationship he had in USA where he lived for a while...But he preferred to live in a peaceful African land. Even his children John and Naledi left the developed country to come back home. There was not a better place than home. He insisted: "For me this town is my earth paradise. After Tshale, I pray to live in heaven that is all."
Mzee Jakaranda didn't know how is servant wife has a doubt in a good integrity of his respected husband.
She reminded him: "Pastor I come to complain twice that Simon wasn't touching me. We were sleeping for couple of years like brother and sister. He wasn't even kissing me."
The church founder told her: "I remember but you have to admit that Simon was not getting young. I was old too. I used to touch my wife many times a week but now I don't have the same energy to have sex every time. We now occasionally have intimate relationship. What remains is our friendship. We are in the same generation with your husband!"

At some age sex was no more an issue for old couple. The friendship was the most important thing. Mzee Jakaranda even advised the young couple that they have to create more a friendship with they wives than intimate relationship in bad. He always tells them, that if there is not friendship the relationship will really collapse. He told them that friendship was the foundation of the relationship. He warned young people not to follow only the physical appearance of women. He always warned them that if you loved a woman because of the physical appearance. The day she will be involved in an accident and loose her good appearance you will run away because what you wanted in a woman is gone. But if you had a good friendship, you will never run away. The good memories and past will you make miss to your lover and that alone will keep you next to her.
Mzee Jakaranda warned the youth that today money can even buy you beauty. You may go for any plastic surgery to change the look but won't buy really friendship. It is why he advised to Kapinga to understand her husband:
The woman had more to tell: "Pastor, I love my husband but I am afraid that he may be implicated in that murder. I don't say that he killed the woman but I suspected the week that Nashi was killed that he returned early from the night pray Wednesday claiming that he had an headache. The following Sunday, he comes back breathing at a usual rate. I suspected that he may have been chased or witness an unusual drama or scene. I begged him to go to the doctor, he refused calling his nurse friend Dombasi to come and help him. Monday morning we heard that Nashi was dead. May be he saw how they killed her because he was so nervous too. I wondered why he can keep such event secret to me. Since then he is not going to the night pray anymore. Look, I recall that I wanted to accompany him on the Wednesday night pray but he keeps refusing me to accompany him. He even refused our first born to accompany him for many years."

Mzee Jakaranda who has developed an heart problem especially a years later after being accidentally beaten by the mad Karate man, the nephew and adopted son to Ramy the rich man. The man surnamed Bruce in a pray session. He was living now more on the cautious. He was avoiding shutting loud and even developing stress or shocking unbalance in his life that may result in aggrading the disease.
Not only had that in a continent life expectancy reached only the late forties. In his fifties he was already an old man. At this age most of the African suffered seriously of heart problem.
He tried to ease what he has just heard. The church founder who always says that there is no smoke without fire. It was his first time to hear about Wednesday night pray in the church cell: "Which night pray?"
"You must know." Kapinga said "The Wednesday, night pray that Simon attend in one of your church's cell in the city."

That sounded new to the man who was close pastor Simon. It is true that the pastors had some session of pray privately in the city but Simon for five years never mentioned the night pray. He was amazed to hear that but at the same time he didn't want deny the pray allegation saying: "I am a pastor and I don't hold back the other pastors to have the private pray as long they serve Jesus."
It could have been a problem if his servants pray another's name instead of Jesus. As long they praise Jesus it was a good thing to do. He knows many pastors having some cell pray. The church is big and they have more than forty cells in Tshale. Many followers organize themselves when to pray, especially Wednesday night and Saturday night. He knows another young pastor who used to attend almost every night in different cells for night pray. The pastor who was called Kabare was in charge of tree cell pray.
So many cells have their own organization. They know when to fast, when to pray, when to deliver�
Mzee Jakaranda tried to explain: "I respect the organization. Simon, is my right hand because when I am absent or when the demon hit me with a disease it him who take care of the church and followers. I am very close to him, it why I have a conviction that he is innocent. I know him better, when it comes to other pastors, I have a special relation with them but not close compared to Simon. He earn one thousand dollar a month and the other earn six hundred dollar. I keep secret to them because they may provoke a salary revolt. I am the leader of the followers and I am strict with the rules. Regardless our personal relation with Simon, if he was caught in any criminal activity or immoral value he could have been fired. I will fire even myself if I notice my wrong doing leaving the church to respectable people. Come down, I just finish to eat and I want to get a quick shower and we will be heading to the police station."
Simon's wife was very angry with her husband instead of supporting the father of her nine children: "I don't know if I am ready to see him but I am honestly confused. I never see him breathing at the fast rate for years. Many of the people of his generation have heart problems but my husband was always fine."
"What was his reaction when you heard the sad news?"
"He was shocked like everybody."
Mzee Jakaranda wasn't sure of Simon conviction: "Come down, we will solve the matter. I feel that Simon is innocent."
Mzee Jakaranda told Kapinga to wait for him so they may go together to visit Simon in the police station.
Mzee Jakaranda before he take a shower called her wife in the shower to analyze the situation. He wondered a lot about the Wednesday night pray, it sounded new to him. He never sees Simon Kelemani every Thursday showing a sin of fatigue. Why he has to learn about it while Simon Kelemani is taken in police custody? Why the man he trusted for many years could keep some secret?

Mzee's wife after hearing the new untold version went to comfort Simon's wife in the living room. While Mzee Jakaranda was busy changing clothes. Simon wife started analyzing even the Wednesday night pray because when she talked to Mzee, he seems that he wasn't much aware of those pray. She was wondering to herself:
Kapinga was wondering why Simon never wants to be accompanied. If the cell was full of demons why do they come at the Sunday service meeting to meet thousand of peoples, some are witches and some are good people. The cell is much small with may be 5 to 15 peoples only. Why he returned before the morning Wednesday and Sunday he returned home Sweating and the next morning a church woman is murdered? He loved God a lot to immediately stop the going to the night pray suddenly after Nashi's murder�
There was just too many questions than answered.

Kotsho, Nashi's neighbour who rushed at the police station to report what he saw. He had only two evidences: the blanket and the hat that pastor Simon wore. Bemba the police chief was off but they urgently call him with the investigator to report at the police station. They arrived at the police station at around twenty minutes past one. He found a police inspector at the police's counter. Even after the radio have announced the name for the two suspect people kept pouring at the police station with information. People were just too desperate to have a share on the two hundred thousand dollar award. �I am Nashi's neighbour. I am not so close to her and I wasn't monitoring her movement. I heard from the radio that Pastor Simon killed Nashi. I think that it is the man who did the murder because I remember going to the toilet at around eleven in the evening I saw a man like pastor Simon entering Nashi's house. I even stopped for a while, I saw his face. There was a full moon that day but the man was wearing a blanked on top and a big hat. He looked more like a mad man."

In the city 90% of the houses had toilet outside their room and 70% of houses had no electricity.
The inspector asked him why you waited for two months to come up with the information. Why did he hesitate? Kotsho was one of the people being interviewed many times by the police but he kept saying that he knew nothing on Nashi's life?
Kotsho tried to make up of his mistake, failing to trust what his eyes saw a year ago: "I wasn't sure that it was him because I respect the pastor a lot. I forced myself not to believe that it could be him. When I heard at the radio his name mentioned I confirm myself that it was him. He was covering his body with a blanket with a big hat."

The investigator supported the neighbour. Kotsho may be right, everybody don't think that a pastor happily married and very respected may do such things. It is a normal reaction. Everybody was shocked to hear the name of a preacher as a suspect. He took a note of the most important fact we have discover is the blanked and the Vietnamese big hat. He took his name as a state witness in the court room.
He encouraged him and said that he may get a share of the award but he doesn't have to expect a big amount because of the late timing of the information. Never the less Zaka Zaka Moba will be pleased with the new information.

In the police cell were Pastor Simon with Overdose and other two criminals. They didn't talk for almost an hour. Overdose was asking cigarette from the passing few policemen on duty Sunday. The policemen knew him. Overdose has been in and out of the cell for many years for the manner crimes he always commits. He decided to talk to the pastor: "Are you angry or are you upset pastor?"
The man didn't respond then he continued talking to him: "Don't worry, c'est la vie (it is life) by tomorrow you will get out of the jail. I know this place and I know all the policemen. There are my friends. This is my second home, if I am not in my trailer or tavern of beer, you will find me here. Tomorrow you will join your family but you have to pray to God to punish Satan."

Simon was still like dreaming, wondering to himself. Why do the church do not allow us them to have two wife? The same Bible told them that kings David and Solomon had hundred wives. If the church allowed that he should have two wives, Kapinga the mother of his nine children and Nashi and forget about keeping secret. The all mess was a result of trying to keep a secret. Abortion was a solution but Nashi after committing two abortions refused to make another abortion. Why do Nashi who supported him for many years changed her mind?
Then he angrily looks at overdose Matumona: "I cannot live in that place for more than an hour again."
The fifty years man never been arrested in all his life. But he visited many times the police station even the biggest prison in Lusaka. Where he preached to inmates in showing them better way but now he found himself in a small cell with 4 criminal.
The smell of the room and just the stress of being locked like an animal in a small place brought to much confusion to him. This place resembled to hell really was people live in fire but do not burn.
The petty crime specialist answered him: "Don't worry, hours is nothing, everything start with minutes to hours, hours to days. We have been here since two this morning and you just arrive now and want to complain? Hours may be even days."

It looks like police jail was his usual place. The petty crime specialist had another think in his mind: "Pastor I had a dream and I want you to help me to interpret my dream. I dream that I was a president of the republic of Jamaica. And I was in the meeting with my ministers all of us had the dread lock like mine and some had the very long dread lock like Indian hair. We were in the meeting with my dread lock ministers. The women were passing and serving us plates."
He coughed before continuing: "On those plates there was only holly herbs Marijuana not our version here called dagga. We were smoking and touching the bumps of the waitresses. We were in a serious meeting, then I wake up I find that I was in this place, police custody."
The other two criminals arrested for trying to steal the telephone cable and sell them for copper extraction laughed while they wasn't pleased to hear the dreadlock man story.
The pastor looks at the man without responding. Overdose Matumona didn't care for the man who requested for his assistance: "It was a nice dream because I prayed to be the president of Jamaica. If I became a president of the country, I will legalize the holy herb. It makes peoples clever and the same time makes people to think fast, happy, relax and good for the brain. You know why, the government of the world doesn�t want to legalize Marijuana?"
Everybody include the other criminals where looking at him without answering. He kept talking: "The governments are scared that once they legalize that substance people will be cleverer than the authorities. They want people to be stupid. Once they legalize it the inventors will invent wonders. The will invent even a speaking bicycle, a dancing shoes, a smoking robot and a sleeping car."

In fact the reason why the pastor didn't talk it because of the other two criminals who were in the same cell. He suspected Overdose of smoking a lot dagga (Marijuana) and accuse him to the police. Then later he realized that Overdose didn't accuse him because he was also arrested. Overdose the only way to easy the tension was to talk and keep talking: "Pastor, you know why I don't like to get married because I want to be free like a bird, once you got married you will owe your wife everyday: buy her shoes, pay school of the child, feeding the crying baby even when you have to sleep. It is like taking a life time loan debt and repaying everyday of your life. I want to be free; I just get married for minutes or hours. When I am done we divorce and forget the love affair: buying prostitute. It more cheaper pastor. I like especially homeless prostitute because when I am done with her, I drop her any where in the city. She does not complain because she doesn't have a home."

Pastor Simon, was wondering when his this man will stop talking? All he was speaking was just nonsense. He looks at him and thought to himself: "Your mother must be sorry of bearing this kind of child for 9 months. This is just a useless man to the society. I had this kind of child without any future; I could have thrown him into the market or sold him even for free"

Overdose was just proud of his job since his early days in Lusaka. He didn't even have a chance to attend school. He started running away from school hang up in the market and helping to transport the goods of many women selling in the market.
It was how he stopped attending school although some of his brothers and sister had a chance to study. His big brother Lumbala Matumona was a much respected surgeon in Kitwe, one of the towns in Zambia. It is why the African's parent says that: "We make children but we don't make their heart."

Then Overdose started stealing animal in the city with his friend neighbour not for money but to eat. It happen that he hated to eat vegetable only without chicken or meat. They had many chicken in they house but those chicken were to be eaten in special occasion.
One day while Overdose Matumona parent weren't there, Overdose and Biliado his neighbour went to steal two big chickens a street away. They cooked the chicken and hide it under the table cooking rice to eat with. A neighbouring dog had the smell of the chicken; he got his way through the house and started partying with the chicken under the table.
When they finished to cook the rice and wanted to take the chicken and eat before the parent come home.
The find one peace of the meat missing and the dog went out with the other chicken. He was very angry of all the sacrifices and risk they took to cook it. First stealing the chicken, secondly cooking, just when they were about to eat. The uninvited guest, the dog has eaten the chicken.
Overdose finds the dog, smashing the bones of the other chicken and seriously hit the dog and broke his leg.

This was not only some of the disaster he met in his robbing career. Another day, he went and steal a tin meat in a shop. He managed to pass through the security. He didn't know much about tin stuff. Every kind of the meat in tin was just human's food. It wasn't his first time to steal in that shop. He used to steal all kind of meat packed in tin. For a change he took another kind of meat tin.
He went into his room, alone opens the meat and ate with bread. He only realized in the middle of the night that it wasn't human's kind meat he managed to shop lifting this time it was cat food. He started snoring like a cat and mioler (French word snoring) like a cat.
Lion's shit wasn't the only mess his had trying to get luck and succeed in his career. Once, he was given substances by a certain witchdoctor to steal without being seen.
He went to steal a Television set while a group of twenty men were busy watching television. He thought that he will transport the television set without being seen.
The group of the men soccer fan was busy watching the national team Tshipolopolo playing with the Eagle the Nigerian's national team. He went thought those men seating under the tree enjoying soccer. He took the television set without noticing that they were watching him. One of the men shouted: "What are you doing? We could have missed to watch the goal."
They thought that it was one of them trying to fix the image aerial. he apologized: "Can you see me? I thought that you were not seeing me."
Another man told him: "Move from there. You are not transparent."
No one had realized that Overdose wanted to steal the television's set. They only thought that it was just one of the men trying to fix the television aerial. How lucky overdose was? He could have been mobbed on the scene if those soccer fans realized that he wanted steal the television's set.
Overdose Matumona realized how close to death he was when the false witchdoctor gave him wrong superstition. He even angry to that witchdoctor and broke all the bones and tables he find into his house.
Overdose Matumona's parent had just enough of him. He started as a naughty boy and he started humiliating him. His father had enough. He started calling the police each and every time to arrest him.
After a family meeting, they decided to chasse him. His name was erased from the family's list. There is only one woman who was against that decision. Lucia Matumona his sister. She didn't want to loose Overdose and she was the only one visiting him sometime. He decided to take his child and raised him. She was the only one sometime visiting him in the police custody.
The family meeting was very important for African. The all family meets most of the time after one or two months. Some meet even after many months but they decisions were respected and were final.
Overdose impregnated a woman, who after giving birth comes to leave the child at his trailer's door. He struggled with the child who was just two days old. Thanks that Lucia come to visit him a week later and took the child.
This has proven to African proverb right: "We make children but not their heart."
While the family abandoned Overdose, one woman Lucia decided despite the decision to stick to his brother Overdose Matumona.

CHAPTER SIX: TABOO

This was a very bad day for Kapinga. She was not expecting her husband who supposed to preach a Sunday two days before the election. It was always a blessing a good feeling each time her husband preach. The women and followers always congratulate her after her husband has preached.
She was looking forward to this Sunday. Her break turned in the multiple disasters. While Mzee was driving. She was watching from the window if she will ever be able to face the resident of Tshale. She felt so ashamed not only having finding out in a strange way that her husband was cheating but to be humiliated. Her husband has done the biggest crime in Tshale.
For sometime she was wondering how she will raise her four young children. 5 children were big enough to stand by themselves.
She was feeling anger, a rage that her husband has cheated. They preferred that they husband die instead of ending up in the arm of another woman.
She felt so angry with Satan of having caused all those troubles. She wished that she never been born. She felt that she didn't have to marry a pastor. Marring a man of God was a proud it self but when the preacher is guilty that proud become the biggest humiliation. She was very humiliated already of being married to a pastor. She hoped to be married by any man not a preacher.
She was angry with her parents and they tradition for allowing her to get married to a man she never choose. Even the new generation has realized that once they get married to a lover they love, it doesn't last longer. Because they are always blinded by love. Parents have the ability to see the quality and the weakness of the lover. Many arranged marriage lasted longer. Kapinga herself has found women for her two first born but it look like it was working but her marriage turned to the biggest disaster.
Why do people have to change?
When they entered the police station just around tree in the afternoon she felt nausea. She become more depressed that the man she married was locked in the police custody for not any kind of crime but for murder. For hiring a hit man. For ending a life of a young woman. Young enough to be a daughter. What a taboo?
She imagines Nashi as her own little girl she has given birth and after twenty years, she starts sharing the bed with her man big enough to be her father. What a crime? She hoped that there was only one sex and that could have diminish all those problems.
Why the world has to be this stupid?
Mzee Jakaranda and Kapinga met other tree pastors who come to see him. His colleagues were very supportive. They wanted and prayed that the media and Zaka Zaka were wrong.
It wasn't allowed in that police station to have visitor Sunday but with all the respect the policemen had for the church, they allow them to even enter the cell to talk to pastor Simon.
The other junior pastors were waiting in the reception's room while the police allowed the church founder and the wife of the suspect to go through without any delay.
Simon was allowed to go and talk to the new comers� visitor. Kapinga could hear the sound of the jail keys that the police were opening the well protect police custody. Those sounds of the keys were hitting her head like a hammer and she felt headache. She never thought that this could have happen to her. She prayed: �God oh my God, where are you? Why did you allow this?�
Simon felt a sense of relieve when he saw the police accompanied by her wife and his boss.
He was expecting that his wife will really support him. But the first word of her was to slap him and give her thirty years marriage ring: "I was stupid for many years and now I can see clearly. You blinded me for years with your night shift pray. If it wasn't for the photo that your father shown me while I was still in my village I couldn't get married to you."

Simon's wife remembered how he got married to Simon who was living in Tshale and she was far in the village. Simon's father who was in the village shown him his photo and arranged the traditional wedding. She felt that she married a photo picture than a man. And the religious wedding comes after 10 years when she had 5 children already. For African the traditional wedding was very important, followed by the civil marriage and the religious marriage was the last one. 50 percent of Zambian was married traditionally and not civil wedding. They even avoided most of the religious wedding because that one day ceremony cost a lot of money.
Mzee Jakaranda tried to ease the Simon wife tension: "You don't have to do this. He is your husband and father of your nine children. The man whom you spend your all youth with. You swore to God in the presence of many witnesses to love him in a good and bad time? He is not found guilty; he is just a suspect and only a suspect. I still think that he is innocent!"
She responded: "When they asked me to love him in good and bad time, I didn't raise my voice when the preacher said: bad time."
Mzee Jakaranda said: "You don't have to deny your commitment because your husband his arrested. Do you think that at your age another man will get interested in you with all the children you have? Do you think that giving back the wedding ring will solve the matter? You still traumatize go in the waiting room and wait for us. There is nothing you will talk today with your anger. May be tomorrow when the nerves will come down you may come to visit him."
When Kapinga left the jail's cell. They let the tree junior pastors in the cell. It took some two minutes for one of the pastor to find the words and talk. They look at each other with no words and didn't know where to start. Then Pastor Ben took the courage to talk to his colleague while the church founder hasn't found a way to start: "Pastor Simon, with all the respect I have for you. I am deeply touched and sorry for the scandal that happens early to the church and in your family. We are still believed that a respected man of your caliber is innocent. We are very angry with the devil for playing with you and the all church in general. We are standing by you and support you while you are in the police custody. We have set up a team of two hundred people to pray and fast for your immediate realize. The young pastor and the fast specialist Salomon Dubani is busy organizing the pray. We promise you in the name of all the pastors and the church to support you. At the same time we are praying for capturing of the man who killed Nashi. Nashi was a very important woman and God servant in the church. If woman were allowed to preach she could have been a pastor too."
Overdose who was silence for a while watching the pastors said to himself: "Why to pray again because we are already arrested. I am innocent, I didn't kill I just helped the pastor to kill that woman. I don't know even why he wanted her dead. All I know is that I got my 50 $ plus 10$ bonus."
Simon told the visiting pastors: "I am really innocent; I don't know why I have to be victim of false allegations. I am really diminished, by now the news has reached every corner of the city and some part of the country. Due to my position in the society, the second most important pastor in Tabernacle the biggest church here everybody are anxious to find out whether I am guilty or not. The reputation of all the pastors is under the line. I don't know why they have to suspect me and wait for my preaching day to arrest me?"
He took a deep breath while everybody was watching him: "They suppose to arrest me before the church service, because I don't know anything about the murder and I didn't any reason to run away!"
Simon's complained that why the policemen don't even wait for him to finish his preaching? This is a b People blaspheme and God will punish them. He repeated that he was clear that he didn't know anything about the death of Nashi. He knew Nashi and respected her contribution she made in the church. They all know her as a very dedicated Christian. He insisted: "Really, I don't want to be here, I am innocent. This cell is inhuman, stinking, duty and uncomfortable. I have nine children and no one of them has been arrested for even stealing a simple sugar. Why they have to arrest me a father of a big, respectable and Christian family?"
He concluded: "After my realize, I will take them to court and they have to pay for they mistake. Justice will punish them on earth and my Jesus will punish them in heaven. I am really disappointed and more than angry. I can say that I am upset, really upset. I didn't suppose to be here, I suppose to be here and preaching people."
Mzee Jakaranda watched the cell. Felt so bad to see a small toilet on the corner. He felt like if it was him who was arrested. No privacy for a respected man of God. He looks at the wall. It was painted with white colour but was very duty with all sort of writing.
He could see the names of people and they praise: "I was hear, Rambo Dusani."
"Let sleep in the government hotel."
"Die hard, Lumba killer."
"Killer Killer James Mputu."
"No fear, Suka John."
He avoided reading some of the words that were immoral on the wall, and then he stopped reading the wall. This was more than a punishment. Jail was for him and hell on earth.
His accomplice when he heard about preaching he said: "Preach me pastor; I would like to know about Babylon and Jerusalem."
He responded: "Shut up, smoker."
Mzee Jakaranda intervenes: "I understand your anger, I would like to talk in private with you but I see in the cell tree others peoples. I don't know how we will talk?"
He look at for a while his others pastors. They were very cold too. They wanted to help but can't. They have lost peace in them. They were very worried and sympathized with Simon's Kelemani. They felt too humiliated for what people believe is true now. It was a big blow to the church and the gospel that haven't reached all Africa. How to repair that mess. What will happen for the church? Do followers will leave the church? Once they leave the church, it may be the end of the road for them too. Who will trust them? What next for them?
There was no way that they could have talked really in private in the small room. With other tree criminals. The tree junior pastors left for a while to allow the founder and the second rank pastor in Tabernacle to talk. "Let go at that corner and we will be able to chat."
The pastors went at a corner and started talking. They were talking with a low voice to avoid any of the criminal or anybody to hear they conversation. They were like whispering, Mzee Jakaranda said: "I don't know what to say."
Half of the evidence linked Simon's to the murder before his accomplices confirm or deny. Simon was Mzee's not only the pastor but a good friend of him at the same time. Mzee's worry now is too save him from being arrested. Even if Simon has loose your job. He cannot afford to see him in jail for ten years. Simon was already in his fifties, going to jail at his age is a crime to the nature. Mzee Jakaranda knew the danger of the truth that may take him to jail. For the law ignorance is not an excuse.
He begged Simon: "If you are unable to tell to the court the truth let me know the truth. You life is in danger now and really if you don't act wisely now, you will be loosing everything."
"Pastor, you the only man who can support me in the situation I am. I need a good lawyer."
This made Mzee Jakaranda upset: "A lawyer to help you to lie. It is a punishment from God. You helped me to fire the cheating pastors while you were cheating in secret."
Simon the biggest advisor of Mzee has helped him to fire even much respected pastor who was a role model to junior pastors. He showed intolerance to cheating. He was insisting to other cheater never to be pardoned.
Simon tried to ignore Mzee late sentence: "I don't need a lawyer to lie; I need a lawyer to help me to win the case."
Mzee who was feeling his servant guilt told him: "You need a lawyer because you are guilty. Your wife told me about the Wednesday night pray."
Simon's felt his all body going cold. Kapinga has revealed the secret. In African tradition they says that when the wife is angry or upset or fed up, there is no secret. Kapinga has just done that. Now his boss knew about the adventure. That is mean even his job and reputation was on the line already.
There were very few chances to be free. The justice in Zambia had no room for bail application. They say that bail was encouraging crime.

Mzee didn't want to Kapinga that Simon was lying but he was amazed to hear about it. He didn't know if it was true or false? He never experience fatigue in Simon Thursday in the office. In fact every Thursday Simon was always in good mood that may mean that he always sleeping Wednesday in a good bed. Simon had no right to keep such secret to Mzee. Simon was his vice or right hand. He was his closest friend. They went through many difficulties together and he wondered why Simon never told him about the night prays. With the few information he has heard, Mzee Jakaranda felt like there are many things that Simon Kelemani was hiding.
Mzee walked for a while in the cell. They were trying to talk with a low voice like whispering but this time Mzee Jakaranda had enough and raised his voice with an angry tune told the suspected killer: "Do you make Tsha Tsha Tsha to a twenty five years old? He is even younger than your first born! I don't know how many years you where going out. I know that she was a member of the church for seven years. This is a taboo, a taboo, a big taboo man. Tell me more about the Wednesday night pray?"
Tsha Tsha Tsha in the local term means making love.
The pastor tried to defend himself: "My wife didn't love me for the past five years or so." Simon confessed "She was always unready to make love."
This was indirect confession: "That is mean you were going out with Nashi for five years?"
Simon tried to defend himself to his angry boss: "No, I was going to sleep to my cousin house."
"Only Wednesday?"
"And sometime others days too."
Disappointed Mzee Jakaranda told him: "You are not a good in lying."
Mzee Jakaranda didn't even want to imagine that Simon can really think of murdering someone. He talked as his boss those allegations were very serious and it may not affect Simon Kelemani only but the entire church reputation was on the line. The news circulated already that Simon Kelemani hired a hit man Overdose Matumona to kill her secret lover after refusing to commit an abortion and was scared that the secret relationship will jeopardize his job and his good reputation. Simon Kelemani kept denying the allegations: "I was not going out with Nashi."
"But where were you the day Nashi was murdered? You have to choose now. Tell the truth and loose your job and half of your reputation or loose all. You may even face the death penalty. Think twice! Tomorrow is only hours away."
Pastor Simon thought for two minutes. It was just hard for him to tell the truth to the pastor. Mzee Jakaranda continued to speak because Pastor Simon was just unable to talk: "Think, think, even if you are guilty, I don't want you to be behind bars." Mzee Jakaranda "Look here man you are only in a police cell and it look like a mini hell what about prison?"
"Pastor, I am innocent" Simon said "I don't know anything about Nashi's murder."
Time was running out, tomorrow may be the last day for Simon to have a chance to be a free man or face death penalty or spend many years in jail. The death penalty was still existing and it was the deedless penalty. Mzee Jakaranda was condemning Simon but at the same time he wanted to help him to find a lawyer. His church was in trouble. Simon's win will rein tore the church credibility. Mzee Jakaranda wish was that even Simon loose his job but at least should walk as a free man and may be relocate from Tshale were people can hurt him with the mobbing.
Mzee Jakaranda was about to leave the police cell then he returned angrily to Simon: "This is abuse. It was abuse. How an old man can sleep with a young girl. Does she felt pleased sleeping with a fifty years man who is like her father? This is a taboo to the human's nature."
When the pastor turned his back to leave, Pastor Simon Kelemani said: "Wait a little bit."
Mzee Jakaranda had enough and told his preacher: "If you have something to tell me tells me now."
Mzee Jakaranda didn't have enough. He wanted Simon to make sure that he doesn�t regret this moment for the rest of his life. Mzee Jakaranda was doing his part of the work to help all kind of people in trouble and God was his witness. The policemen don't allow the visit Sunday. There are few policemen on duty that Sunday, it was a favor they gave them sees Simon and make a plan because they respect them.
They didn't want to get in trouble for trying to help. If any suspect escape they will be in a big trouble.
Simon realized the danger and decided to tell half of the story: "I think you are the only man who has to know what I am telling you. Yes, I was in love with Nashi, I wanted to marry her as my second wife like many people in the Bible, we had internal problems with Kapinga the mothers of my children but because I was a pastor, I decided to go out with her without marrying her to save the church reputation. She was also in love with me, it why she moved out of her parent's house, I supported her as my wife. When it comes to murder I don't know what happen. David and Solomon were kings, God's servant but had many wives."
He wept his tears and continued: "Pastor, I don't know how the devil really took my heart to love a young lady; she is like my own daughter. I am sorry for the pain, humiliation and trouble I caused to the church and my entire family. May God forgive me and clean me with the blood of Jesus Christ and make me much whiter that the snow�"
Mzee Jakaranda didn't compensate with the apologetic man: "Just to tell me what I know was a problem? Your job as a pastor his terminated. But I will help you to get a lawyer."
Simon wasn't ready to tell all but this time he hide the atrocity of his planned murder. He decided to explain what happened that Wednesday: "I met some guys who were entering Nashi's yard; I didn't want to be identified so I ran away. They followed me for a short distance because I never run for almost twenty years I develop some cardiac complication."
"Why did you refused to go to hospital that night?"
"I was scared that they may identify by accident in the hospital as a criminal."
This was also a confusing version to Mzee Jakaranda: "Why scared, that is mean when those people where chasing you, Nashi was already killed and you were scared that the find out the link to the murder?"
"No, I don't know what happen to Nashi." Simon Kelemani said "I sadly learned like everybody that she was killed later."
The late statement was just to complicated for Mzee Jakaranda to understand: "Let me tell you the truth, I don't understand what your are talking about. Time is running out."
Five o' clock was the live waited interview on Radio Tshale and radio Lusaka the national radio station of Zaka Zaka Moba the investigator to explain why he arrested a church servant and Overdose. He wanted to explain the mystery of the animal who run away with the not know Lion's shit technique. He wanted to explain to people to be patient. At his side Bemba too had something to say and the acting mayor Prof. Kubeka has to explain why he begged Zaka Zaka Moba to help him in the investigation. This case was the win to his opposition's party and a blow to the long time serving government. Zaka Zaka had to explain too why the woman was decorated as Jesus� Christ? Prof Kubeka wanted to discourage people to take the law in they own hands. He didn't want to minimize that practice too, he recognized the role the mobbing has helped in diminishing crime. Criminal were more scared of the community than the policemen. But he wanted the community to work with the police. He wanted people to start trusting the police too. He wanted to teach people to be patient that good things happen to those who wait.
Zaka Zaka Moba had succeeded in the most complicated case happen to be his highest case that will give him a memorable respect even if his stuck in Muvango his village as a farmer.
Zaka Zaka Moba has learned in life you do not need many hit to be a legend. You need only one biggest hit. He realized that they were even many singers, actress who come with hundred of songs and movies but died unoticified but some come with only few movies and songs and they are known in all the corners of the world. Thinking about you need only few hit to be a legend, means that you need a good quality than quantity? This one case was the best quality investigation he ever done, he loved the lion's shit finding especially. No one ever imagined of this phenomenon except in the very rural areas.
Mzee then went straight to the hit man Overdose who was busy putting from his pocket the dagga in a peace of old newspaper. Probably his last dagga. He holds him by his jacket: "You deserve to be sentence to death penalty. You and your dagga have to be thrown in hell."
Overdose wasn't intimidated to Mzee. He laughed for a while instead of getting upset or angry. He was busy rolling his preferred herb: "That is true, I was born to be president and legalize marijuana, and I will fight like Luther king fought in America, like Mandela is fighting in South Africa to see in the market, shop, especially vegetable and fruit shop, marijuana being sold. And at the same time encourage the use of the holly herb so everybody will be clever and fast thinker."
Mzee Jakaranda didn�t want to discuss with the hit man who killed his follower. He didn't even want to stay any minutes in the cell while Overdose lighted the dagga and advising him when he was living the cell: "Pastor, this is the new gospel: Marijuana is very good when you just had your dinner and your stomach is full of shit making your month to slow thinking then marijuana will make your blood run fast and fill the blood in the brain and you start thinking fast. All the people will be clever; they won't be any fail in school classes. All classes will be only hundred percent pass rate."

Overdose has no respects of his life even anybody's life, include his reputation. But Simon Kelemani wanted to be out of the trouble and rein tore his reputation. He thought for many hours what to say Monday in the court if the lawyer does not helped him?
In Zambia many lawyer used to refuse to help people who had committed big crimes. Not only they needed money but at the same time they were scared of the safety. Once they win and defend a man viewed as a criminal by the community members they were in trouble.
Four lawyers has come in the prison to talk with they customs to prepare for the Monday court appearance but no one wanted even to get next to Overdose Matumona and Simon Kelemani.
Simon's realized the danger and wanted to instruct Overdose Matumona who had no fear of being sentenced or being even killed. For him everything was fun:
He called Overdose and told him: "Look stick on these words. You killed Nashi Bulela by accident while trying to make love; you were under dagga influence and say that you don't know me."

"Why you want to teach me the 11th commandment of lying?" Overdose Matumona said "I know only the 10 commandment."

Every African even the none Christian knew the 10 commandment it was the same with they traditional commandant.
Simon fails to convince the dreadlock man to lie. This time the criminal was surprised: "Pastor, are you drank or what? You want me to be sentenced for rapping? I don't know how to rape women. I buy sex on streets and everybody knows me. All the prostitutes knows that I am a good client. Even if I don't have cash but need sex, I even do Tsha Tsha Tsha by credit. I pay them when I got money. Some of the prostitute have become good friend of mine and gave me some free bonus sex!"

This is not what pastor Simon didn't want to hear. Overdose wasn't ready to lie in the court. In fact he was sure that he will get a manner sentence or realized on warning like usual.
For the African people doing a wrong act under influence of substance was an unacceptable excuse. They believe that the drunken man or man in state of being high do what he premeditated and what he wanted to do. The substances just encourage him to kill the fear and shy to commit the crime.
Simon Kelemani was insisted: "Tell them that you were drunk and just killed her by mistake."
"Mistake" Overdose said "I left my house many miles away just go at Nashi's house leaving the other houses just to kill her!"
"Accept that you wanted to steal and by mistake because you were high you kill her."
For Overdose it was just a petty crime: "Anyway don't worry, the idea will come in court. I will respond according to the judge�s questions."
It was just too difficult to make Overdose understand the danger of telling the truth in court. Then pastor Simon decided to come up with another strategy.
Simon Kelemani realized that he was the one who was in danger because Overdose Kelemani can be declared by the medical expects an mentally handicapped but not him.
He decided to concentrate only to the lawyer who will help him to lie and defend him. He said to himself: "Why I have to talk to a drug addicted. He is already out of the mind. He just doesn�t know the consequence of telling the truth in the court of law. This may be the end of my reputation and I may even face the death penalty. The lawyers have been to university for many years just to study how to lie. He knows when to uses to lies to confuse the publics and judges. I have to concentrate only on the lawyers lies. This dread locks may face himself the death penalty or spend the rest of his life in jail. He doesn't have any family, may be his own family has rejected him. He is not important to the society."
Then he asked overdose to know if he had a family like all the human being: "My friend tell me where your family is."
"I don't have any family," Overdose Matumona said "I have only fans, all the robbers here know me and I am secretary of the robbers association here. I am from Lusaka where I was chased by my father and mother. My cousins and family member swore in the mane of God and ancestors that I am not part of their family. They erased my name in the family register. I count to my fan all the bitches and prostitute are my supporters. Only my sister Lucia Matumona loves me."
For Simon he was just listening to a man lost in the society. Overdose wasn't ready to stop talking: "The associations of the robbers were I was voted secretary is my big family. I was voted secretary according the number of scars I have and the number of petty crime I have committed. The vote was based on the scares counts. The president had more that hundred huge scars, the vice president had more than thirty stabbing scars. Me I had more that twenty scars. Fifteen bullets scars and nine rubbers bullets scars. Look here."
He shows him some of the scars: "This was when the policemen were after me before we become friends. They shot me but I survived. This is plastic bullet scar was when I was trying to rob in the vegetable shop: I thought that there was some marijuana in the shop. I have also two stabbing scar. This was when I tried to steal my grand mother pension money. She was too clever hiding a bush knife under her bed. She thought that I was a stranger trying to steal. She later apologizes for her mistake�"

Simon has just enough of this man. Simon regretted to have met Overdose and trying to hide his mess. For Simon Kelemani who knew very well many African proverbs remembered this one: "All the children are born angel but the society teach them to become good and bad people."

While talking, a first Overdose Matumona's visitor arrived. It was the only expect visitor. Lucia Matumona. But she arrived with Overdose's child that she was keeping.
She wanted to give back the child to his father in police custody. A fearless fight broke between Lucia's Matumona and the policemen on duty.
She wanted to hand over the child to a man in jail saying: "You cannot keep his father in jail while his child his starving to get food."
She wanted the child too to be in prison with his father who will be getting free food from people's taxes.
Some of the policemen sympathized with the angry woman. Why do the criminal get free food and some dissent people who do not make crime are starving?
They had to call the policemen chief Bemba and the mayor Kubeka to come on they rescue. Being ahead of a city or policemen was quiet a complicated job. No really time off to spend with the family and friend. They had no really any precise working hours and resting time.

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE BEST CHURCH

The election in Zambia past well as all the thousand international observers who come to monitor declared that the first free election in Zambia was free and fair. They urged all the African countries to learn from the Zambia experience. One of the few countries in Africa that never have any kind of war.
The thanked the Zambia politician for standing together for the continuity of peace in Zambia. The party in power under President Kenneth Kaunda and the opposition leader Tshiluba for working on the continuity of peace. They have shown that they were not greed of power. The put the people's need before they own ambition.
What was a miracle to his election is that Kaunda conceded the defeat and blessed the new head of state Frederic Tshiluba, Kubeka's comrade. Kaunda accepted the income of the election despite many member of his government who dented his image as a dictator while he wasn't. All they bad doing fell on the head of state's head. He join the likes of Leopold Cedar Senghor the writer who was president of Senegal and voluntary resigned from that wanted post. Kaunda joined an example of head of state who choose peace after 30 years in power. Some people want to retire with dignity rather than humiliated like many dictators as Kubeka used to say "Whatever longer it may take each dictaotors has his day of humiliation"
Kaunda advised the new politician in Zambia and decided to leave Zambia for South Africa. He accepted to be an ordinary African citizen and believed in one Africa without borders. He said that the country belonged to everybody. He has played his part and wanted to give a chance to everybody with they input. He insisted on persistence of peace with the new generation. War was part of the unhappiness of another part. Democracy paved a way to peace. He advised to the new generation with a politic of inclusion not exclusion. He retired from politic. Apparently politic in Africa has no retirement. People wanted to die even older as leaders in African and paving way for they friends and beloved one to continue they legacy fearing the revenge of the unhappy citizen.
Kubeka had many thanks to Zaka Zaka Moba for helping in the finding of the criminal in Nashi's murder and helped his party to win the election. But many of his neighbours were very angry with Kubeka, the African proverb stating: "People only share in poverty" It only poor people who share. Once one of them move to a rich class, they forget they friends, colleagues and neighbours. Many people were not happy that they had to make an appointment to meet Prof Kubeka. They used to see him whenever they wanted without an appointment. Since, he was an acting mayor, he become to busy with meetings and many interview not forgetting the campaign of Frederic Tshiluba's party.
He lost dream as a student member of the opposition's party come alive when Tshale mayor Masamba resigned after Bill Clinton won the election in USA. He saw his defeat coming especially after the strange murder of Nashi. Masamba had just enough. The unpredictable change in the USA the powerfully country in the world was not affecting only USA but also the world.
Prof. Kubeka revealed why he choose Zaka Zaka Moba to come and help in the case of finding the killer of Nashi. He knew Zaka Zaka Moba as one of the top investigator who was forced to retired because some of the cases he found were very sensitive. He end up in trouble finding out of some corrupt official and many politician involved in all sort of maldoing. He was forced to retire at 45 years old. He precipitated his retirement in doing farming while the initial plan was do relocate in rural village at 60- 65 years old.
He knew that Zaka Zaka Moba was still able to still active in the service in any career. He choose him knowing that this case was very mysterious. Woman strange killing, animals disappearing...No dog has bagged. He knew that the 5 years that Zaka Zaka Moba forgot about the stressful career could have recharged his strength and battery. Zaka Zaka Moba comes with a new energy with all the experiences he acquired in this profession.
He knew that the reality in Africa was different with American or European reality. He decided to stick to the local man Zaka Zaka. Zaka Zaka Moba was a big pressure to complete the job as quick as possible. The politician wanted to use the finding to burst the election campaign and the residents were always impatient.
Prof Kubeka had choices: to remain the mayor of his native city Tshale, or to apply to be a minister or even be an ambassador overseas. He was very vital in the change into his country.
In the African tradition they always say that never laugh or mocked anyone as long is still alive. The Africa tradition also says that everything are done and paid into this earth.
It was only tree month that Prof Kubeka was just a simple teacher and now he become one of the leader in Zambia. But he surprised everybody after saying that he won't be a politician. He wanted to be an author full time but accepted the offer to teach at university of Lusaka and with a possibility to be a rector of the biggest university in Zambia. He said in the statement: "People of the world have to learn that the solution of they problem is on the politician." He insisted that "Politician were not the answer to all the problems."
Prof. Kubeka as read the timing and the future and the coming challenges if he remains a politician. He wanted to leave the politic with a clean image instead of damaging it. He felt that it was easy to make promises with words but when it comes to fulfill them there were just too many challenges. Everything was possible with words but not with actions. He refused to be part of the other definition of politician who was called the people who knew how to lie to create hope and excuse in citizen.
Zaka Zaka Moba won the court battle after proving to the modern court that Simon Kelemani has hired Overdose Matumona to kill his secret lover of five years Nashi Bulela for trying to hide they secret when Nashi under her parent pressure refuse to commit an abortion for the third time.
Overdose Matumona was sentenced to life in jail he escaped death penalty because they suspected that his mind was damaged by continually smoking dagga. Overdose Matumona was sentenced to more two years for using the lion's shit on his body, the smell that made the animal flee and some of the animals were still missing. But the witchcraft who gave him the substance was warned.
Simon Kelemani was also sentence to life for hiring a hit man to try to hide his mess. But he sued too the church for not allowing people to be polygamous like many Biblical figures.
They were both transferred to Lusaka central prison. Simon's Kelemani family: wife, children and many relatives relocated to others city to avoid the persecution of the community member who wanted to revenge on them even thought they were innocent. Eyes for eyes and teeth for teeth method included all the people related to the criminal.
The other reason that makes Simon Kelemani's family to relocate is that they could stand the humiliation of the chief of the family who was a much respected preacher in Tshale. The mess of one man let them pay indirectly.
Tabernacle was hit once again as many followers started fleeing the church because a preacher has disappointed them. They followers relied more on the preachers who were viewed as super man and example to the community. Few who understood that the preachers were human remain in the church. But haft of the followers went to other sects and churches and many of them just simply stopped praying. Some returned to they traditional religion.
Zaka Zaka Moba was recalled to head the Zambia investigation team in the new government but declined the offer. He loved farming and has played a huge role in the change in Zambia. He got many offers some of them from far Ethiopia to solve some matter there and found criminals too in other part of the continent. He promised them to send them one of his friends who weren�t even Africa to help them.
Pablo, the man who fled the naked church wrote to him from America to solve the Shalom before many people being mislead. He wrote back telling him that Pablo as the former member of that sect could be the right man to help.
Even Mzee Jakaranda the pastor of Tabernacle begged him to find a secret that lying in the church and the community linked to witchcraft but he declined the offer telling him that Pablo Kanfu may help even thought he his exiled in USA.
Dombasi didn't get the two hundred thousand dollar award but he was given only the fifth While Kotsho who was also a state witness was got only the one twentieth of the amount. The reason is that the investigator Zaka Zaka Moba did most of the job while the little information Dombasi who helped Nashi to commit abortions and Kotsho who described how Simon was wearing before entering Nashi's room helped Zaka Zaka Moba in his logic that he was in the advance stage. So no one had the chance to hit the jackpot award that wasn't won by anyone out of thousand and thousand information.
For many Dombasi and Kotsho didn't deserve nothing or deserved very little but the government wanted to build trust to his citizen to come up with information. If they didn't give anything to Dombasi and Kotsho next time, people won't come with information to catch the criminals.
Overdose mess wasn't over as all the people who had dreadlock and Rastafarian were persecuted because of him. There was just many kinds of associations in Zambia. It was a new job for the president of Zambia Rastafarian called: Maxie Jah Ayax to explain his religion and the meaning of his religion. He went showing people that Overdose Matumona wasn't a member of his church even thought he had long dreadlock. He mentioned that Overdose could have loved that hair style or was just lazy to comb his hair every morning. Maxie was explaining to people that Rastafarian do not rob, rape or be involved in any criminal activities.
They didn't wrote down the names of they member who were about 10 000 in Zambia but people should recognized Rastafarian and the ordinary dreadlock people by they actions. Most of the true Rastafarian were vegetable but Overdose was a die hard meat fan.
He was walking many towns in Zambia and Tshale explaining people about dagga the scientific name called Cannabis. That people called on street: Dagga, dope, holy herb, zol, skuif, joint, grass, boom, weed, green, pot, ganja or even Mariguana. It was showing the appearance of the tree that look as a simple dried leave of herb. He went to many schools too telling teacher and pupil that cannabis was Sativa plant.
He was even sincere in telling even people in different radio station's that the immediate effect of that plant was Euphoria, relaxation, pain relieve, it increase appetite, reduced blood pressure, dizziness, memory loss.
Maxie urged people not to misused that plant because the long time effect were leading to respiratory disorders and the cancer of the lung digestive system. Some time the inability to concentrate or achieve goals.

He thought people not to associate Rastafarian with only reggae music even thought most of the reggae musician like Bob Marley they well known reggae start was a Rastafarian. It told them that reggae was a music of everybody and anybody can sing reggae too.
He said that in they religion they use Dagga or ganja like food. Some people use them to relax. Others use if for inspiration while they work. Some don't smoke it at all. They drink it as tea. It is the herb of the herbs. It puts them in touch with they higher power.
He was angry with people who misused that sacred plant.
He even told people that Rastafarian religion didn't originated from Jamaica as many people thought but it was the emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie who started the religion.
Many people and Christian churches were angry after finding out that Overdose Matumona after killing Nashi flees the crime scene with Simon's Kubeka. But because the dogs were not bagging and no one was following them at the late night in the city that no street had lights. He returned for about 10 minutes. Smoke ganja or dagga and decided to decorate Nashi as the way he heard that Jesus Christ was killed.
He said that Nashi deserved to be decorated because Simon Kelemani who hired him was a Christian and the woman too was Christian.
He took a peace of big tree on the corner of the yard. Then he managed to stick the woman and was busy decorating her with a knife cutting all her clothes. He was painting the decease like an artist with all the blood.
But his job wasn't completed, he run away when he heard Kotsho opening his room after hearing his animal in the back of his house breaking the door to run away.
It was at this time that he escaped. He wanted more time to complete is job.
For the few months that Prof Kubeka took the mayor office people started criticizing for forgetting them. He claimed that he was too busy as a mayor, solving many various problem of the city, campaigning for a change in Zambia and also very busy with Nashi's case. Sometime people do not change but they become just too busy. They find others priorities in life.
He wanted to prove people are wrong when he returned for a surprise visit in his old neighbouring.
He was already a stranger because his brother took over his house and has to submit to his brother's ruler ship. The new university professor in Lusaka Prof Kubeka went to say also good bye to his friends and people in knew.
It was Saturday afternoon that he returned to his old house that his brother was busy renovating. He decided to seat outside as usually under the mangoes trees while people were coming.
He remembered the young Pablo who used to come time to time. He missed that young man. The last time Pablo wrote to him from America, Pablo Kanfu was missing Africa. He was crying into his letter that there is no better place than home. But because of a being member of a sect and broking they rules. His life was in danger. Pablo Kanfu wrote to him saying that he was thinking of his home. Everyday and all those building and superb technology he find in USA meant nothing to him. He was not a political refugee from Zambia but a sect refugee. He said that he was trying to find a better church. But that request of finding a better church has put him in trouble.
He wrote to him that he was about to marry an American woman but he was busy teaching her his African tradition. He wanted to celebrate his African identity every where he was. Pablo insisted that: �Being far from your home land was always a torture of your heart.�
Kubeka could see all his neighbours and friend coming one by one to greet him. He felt bad that everybody was respecting him as a news leader. Sometime people do not change but it they friends and other people who knew them are trying to create that change in treating them differently.
He misses the schools were he was teaching. He missed his small house where he was busy writing about African philosophy. He missed the true vibe and the life of Tshale. Now he was about to leave this city for Lusaka. He was going to meet other challenges at Lusaka where he studied at university.
He hoped that Tshale had a university too. He was crying for his beloved land. He was recalling the political changes in the world and Zambia. He was thinking about the change in Africa were malaria the biggest killer in Africa was slowly being replaced by AIDS epidemic. AIDS rumors started as a media show. Then years by years it started happening in the neighbouring. Slowly they started seeing they loved one being affected. Kubeka who grow up in a era where the STD (sexual transmitted disease) disease were cured with antibiotic now sees another coming dilemma. He was born in an era where sex was still very safe. He sees how Tshale was getting big and how the African tradition was being forgotten by many people. All those challenges motivated him not to continue as a politician. He realizes sometime that he could only be a dictator if he wanted to be conservative. The timing of democracy in some part of the world isn't right. He learnt as an opposition member to think about what to talk but as a member of the new government, he learnt about what to do.
Prof Kubeka realized that challenges will never ends. It is only replacement to other new challenges. While American thinks about the cut taxes, in many country in Africa they think about food. While they think about the level of hijacking, in Africa they think about being advanced in technology. There was not a better place on this earth. He thought may be that peace is really after death.
We wondered if the new government will live up to expectation. All the dictators comes with good promises and are loved in the beginning of they career. An African proverb says that: "It is difficult to see the bum of a monkey. It only when the monkey climbs the tree high".
It was only with time, the see the action of a dictator. But he had one think for sure. He knew that �all the dictators� regimes have they day of humiliation. It doesn't matter how long it takes.�
He didn�t know whether the man he campaign for could keeps up his promises too because he knew that: �all the dictators start always very well�
He wondered the government that he campaign for will be the best? He knew that Zambia and many countries needed a change of the entire engine not a change of drivers or bodies of the car. The engine needed to be fixed and he hoped that he contributed to the change of the engine with new leaders.

Prof Kubeka decided to leave politic on a high note. He noted that many people often misuse the opportunities given. It was time to move on.

Slowly in thirty minutes more than 20 people has gathered. The Saturday talk started. Prof Kubeka once knows as the philosopher revived for the last time the customer of discussing with ordinary people. As a mayor, he realized that many politicians become bad politician because they loose touch with the ordinaries people.
Many people started discussing about the best church after Pastor Simon Kelemani's conviction. It was just the right subject of the day. They used to discuss most about the current affairs except the politic one because they didn't want to get into trouble with the new government.
Some people brought many fruit and mangoes from many trees in a big plate. Some brought the Traditional beer called Munkoyo and they started talking celebrating the reunion.
Many people were wondering if the man with whom they were seating with them will forget them. Many people have heard many rumors that he will be the new premier minister of Zambia or vice president. Some have heard that he will be a minister or ambassador. Very few people believed that the man who played a huge role in the victory of the opposition's party will accept to be a mayor. But no one knew yet that Kubeka has refused to continue as a politician.
It was sunny day while they take mangoes tree as a shelter.
A man in group asked a question: "Which church or sect is the best church?"
No one responded but everybody look at the new politician to answer. Prof Kubeka who was casually dressed responded: "I beg your pardon allow me to me the last one to answer".
Prof hasn�t changed. He was often the last one to give the pint of view while many people have spoken. He was often ending the dispute and all his input was useful for many parties.
For many residents they believed in their tradition saying that: "People do not change. Unless they unproved on they initial character."
Even if they will have a chance to see Prof. Kubeka on the television set and hear him on radio but he will still the same teacher they knew.
Another man in the group asked Kubeka: "Are you going back to church?"
"May yes, may be not" the acting mayor said "I don't have a specific church or tradition."
They thought that Prof. Kubeka will refuse to attend any church service after Simon Kelemani drama. But they knew Kubeka's church. People said that church and his culture is science because it is proven. It was why they surnamed him Thomas.
People were very uncomfortable talking with an authority with them but as time goes on, they find that comfort and started talking with easy.
Kubeka who once said before that his church is science because things are much more proved. All those dream testimonies don't have witnesses and scientific proof. Sometime you think a lot, sometime you eat a lot and have some ventral disorder, sometime you had some past tragedy that comes back into dream and the next day you claim to be visited by angels or demons. Some people need attention and some are just getting the attention of people.
A catholic follower intervene: "My church is the best church. It is the only church left by Jesus Christ and Paul was the first Pope. We respect time, we don't pray for the all day and we are very organized in our preaching. You may attend on Friday a catholic church in Angola and hear the same preaching in Brazil"
A man from the African Independent Church of Mzee that was renamed to Tabernacle: "We are the best church. We don't baptize a young kid with some water on his head while the kids don�t even know the meaning of that ceremony. We baptize big people who are able to make a choice. They know what there are doing and their consequence. We don't pray statuette like our ancestors did."
A traditional follower insisted: "Instead of praying our ancestors you pray foreigners. We are African and must turn to our ancestors, our ancestors are the one whom can protect us and bless us. We are more close to our ancestor than no one else. They bring our pray to the only God that exist. I don't see how if I pray my ancestors who knows me better God may not answer my prays."
Another man interrupted him: "At least the Christian do not pray a cow or dead man."
The traditional follower answered: "African church we pray ancestors like other pray they ancestors written in the Bible and other book. We African have misunderstood the western religion. We thought that because the colonist brought a civilization and they gods are the best. We have learnt let return to our tradition now that we have realized that we have forgotten our gods."
A Jehovah witness defendant his church: "How can you pray a man who has died century ago? You go to sleep on his tomb with a lotto ticket to have lucky and win. He his dead that is all. My church is the best church ever. We don't have pastors who wear dress, we don't have cardinal, and we don't have bishops�All the Jehovah witness follower are the same. We don't have preacher, bishops, prophets, apostles... but we all share the idea and together we learn. We don't have those decorated houses that you call churches. We only have a room were we can meet. We are the only church that has no classification into it. Everybody is the same�"
A protestant church member didn't want to be left behind: "My church is the best one, it was built on others churches mistake. We saw all the mistakes that other did and we build a church based on the true Bible not on the modified Bible. We respect the Bible and the ten commandments."
A rare Muslim follower who was the only non Christian in the group said: "We have a problem with all the Christian�s communities or organizations. We accept that Jesus was a prophet but the Christian don't even want to admit that Mohamed is also a prophet! That my biggest worry with you. The Jew admits also that Jesus is a prophet but not a Messiah. The Messiah is coming�"
An Abraham follower too backs his congregation: "I can only respect the Jehovah witness because they church don't have classes. The same with us, we don't have pastors, bishop�Those words don't exist in the Bible. You invented the Pope and the others name such us reverent, pastors...Our prophet accepted to be called Brother Abraham not pastor or any invented words. The pastor of the Bible is refereed to Shepherds, a man looking after the ships. Humans are not ships to be guarded by pastors!"
Prof Kubaka tried to solve the issue: "We won't get a specific solution because each and everybody here are trying to defend is church. I think that all the churches or religious organization are good. The biggest church is our heart. God will not judge people according to their religion but according their actions. We are all like supporters who support their favorite team with all our heart. They don't want their favorite team to loose. We won't get a solution with this problem."
For Kubeka there was no superior or inferiors culture. Every cultures and religion was good for their followers.
Everybody was hearing with all attention what the philosopher was saying: "I have a problem with people trying to minimize other believer. If we have voted for democracy let also tolerate everybody's affiliation. Everybody: Christian and none Christian use the 10 commandments and a good church do not hurt no one. It is based on love like the African tradition Ubuntu."
He stopped for a while and says that: "A true church is in your heart and the respect of the human's law. Law is interpretation of the 10 commandment too."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In African tradition love means to make a priority. When you love something you make it your priority and give it a special importance. The true love is translated by sharing. The Africans used to share with their neighbours the few they used to have. In our day we want to get millions to share. If really you are not able to share with the few food and dollar we have it will impossible to share with millions. Sometime the millions may not come.

The government is just unable to distinguish what is priority and fantasies or luxury. Priority is what is the most needed by the majority of the population such us food, education.... I don't want to be a judge or be an example or role model. If we are not able to balance we will never be happy. I think that if everybody where able to accept sometime to loose something we will have few problems. The problems we meet today is that we all want to be right and every time always right and other are wrong.

Help a neighbour is a sacrifice because we will never get enough of money. A misused money become a decorated drawn peace of work but a money well spend help to open doors.

In this second part of the angelic and demoniac verses we talked a lot on the love. I think that if we are able to respect everybody and our bodies we could avoid cheating. Cheating in the African culture is the biggest sin of love relationships. As we believe that there is no big sins and small sins. Some sins are big because it a collections of many sins. For example cheating, it include of the sin of watching, envying, taking action to take action, talk, and undress, touch and sleeping with another lover. Alone cheating is composed of many sins.
The same with killing come into mind, then turn to anger, analyze it, make a decision, make a trap, take action, take a weapon to end a follow human's life.
It is purely a fictional work not taking any side. All the facts are invented even thought it reproach some clergy as human. They are human too before being preacher. We all have our weakness and quality as human. If we follow the congregation we follow the word of God not individual. They may fails like everybody and that has not to be a reason to abandon God.
We believe that every culture and civilization is good. We don't believe that there is a bad culture because all the culture is based on love and respect. With love we won't hurt no body. Let hope that we succeed without hurting anyone in process.

If we really interpret well the scripture without wanting to defend our excuses we won't experience troubles.

I hope that you enjoyed the story.

FROM THE SAME AUTHOR FICTION:

� Witchcraft: the difference of traditional court and modern court and the search of prosperity.
� Postal card: The difference of African culture to Europe culture in the early sixties.
� The cannibals (waya waya): the arrival in Africa of colonist in the early 1900 and the fight to eradicate the cannibalism in some of the area and the traditional fight.
� The verbal diarrhoea: A reporter who was missing in a plane crush.
� Prince in America: The life of a prince who later go to New York to study and found his true love.
� The lost dream (Baku aller): an auto pre autobiography
� Vice versa: collection of short stories
� The angelic and demoniac verses part one: The interpretation of the Biblical verses.
- Doctor love: a detective with some of the African's social cases.
COMING SOON (FICTION) the title may be modifier in the editing process.
� The hand of God (Part one): soccer novel.
� Stumbling block: the fall and fail of a dictatorship regime.
- The high and the low: collection of short stories.
� COMING SOON (NON-FICTION)
� Encyclopedia: the conventional world: Scientific research.
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