Is it news when a dog bites a newsman?

Many happy years of my youth were spent in Embu County, and that included the years I spent in high school. Thus, I did not expect anything untoward when I made a visit to Embu town some years later as a cub reporter.

Along with a colleague, I was a guest of the man reputed at the time to be the wealthiest person in the county, known then as a district. Mugo Mistri, who died in a road accident, some years ago was an interesting person to observe.