Dos and don’ts in the weird world of booze and other stories

Adelaide Lichoti shows a strange wound on her hand in Shina village, Kakamega county yesterday. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Strange things happen in this world. On February 9 all looked formal in a Bungoma Magistrate’s court until the mitigation by a man charged with assault came. Jacob Sifuna admitted to having assaulted his friend Baraza Wangalwa and in defence said he had a compelling reason to punch his friend in the face.

“Wangalwa is my brother, we have drunk and done many things together but on this day, he was chewing cane in a (Busaa) drinking den. I had to beat him as he is not a child to do such,” he said.