December 2012 Newsletter

Early one morning, while driving to Maasai Corner, I noticed a large crowd on the side of the road. I slowed down to see what was happening and was horrified to see many people beating and kicking a young woman. I drove my truck off the road and into the crowd, honking my horn repeatedly. I jumped out of the truck and pushed my way to the mob that was beating her. I screamed loudly several times in Swahili “Please stop! Please do not kill this woman!” Miraculously, they stopped for a moment and turned to me. I asked why they were beating this woman and they replied that she had stolen someone’s phone. I then asked where the phone was and they replied that they could not find the phone on her, but she was guilty of stealing it. I asked them if the value of any phone was worth killing this young woman and their response was yes, we are going to kill her. I then asked what the phone cost, they said it cost $60. I asked again, if $60 justified taking this lady’s life and many of them screamed “YES, she is a thief and she must die!” I then told what appeared to be the leader of the mob that I would pay this debt if they would give the woman to me and place her into my truck. Quickly two men grabbed the lady by her hair and dragged her to my truck, then I helped her into the seat. After paying the money to the leader of this mob,I drove back through hundreds of spectators that had now gathered to watch the savage killing that was about to take place… READ FULL ARTICLE