Baba Vatata News Today

“I was in Murambinda last week at the Independence Celebrations

There was a witch in the house, I was sure of it.

It happened so quickly. I had the presence of mind to take my wallet from my pocket and throw it surreptitiously in the hedge which marked the boundary with the clinic.

I had no money to take her to the hospital. I had no medical aid to come to my rescue in times like this.

They were like vultures and the more you showed your desperation, the more you became vulnerable.

Once he had taken his first sip of the insipid beer, Baba VaTata asked, “ What do you think of next weeks elections?”

There was nothing he could not do if the price was good enough. Handitika was also a good friend of Baba VaTata.

Every five years, election after election, their ears heard sweet music of promises. Education was free at first, there was clean drinking water and roads were tarred. 

Someone whom I did not know was trying to represent our ward as our next councillor.

Mind you, this was not the only t- shirt with this kind of cheeky message.