There are a lot of things here that 'get my goat' so to speak. One of them is the lack of justice. Last week a friend of a friend was driving down Ngong road with her 3 kids in the car. Ngong is the road that Hot Husband and I have bought and had our furniture made, the road we get our flowers and plants on, the road we drive to church on every week. It's the main road into Karen. Last week this woman had to do everything in her power to get her kids to keep their eyes on one side of the road so they wouldn't witness the awful scene of a man, from his waist up, being burned alive. This is called 'mob justice', and is what happens when someone steals.
However, if you ever read my link to Africa Expat Wives Club blog that I have, you may have read the most recent drama with our government here, if not, here's the link to the post. . There is a lot of drama going on here now, and it's so frustrating to see and read about crazy amounts of 'misplaced' (i.e. STOLEN) money and no one ever have to own up to it. the 1400 killed in the post election violence still have not had a single person have to answer for their crime.
I have/had a very great friend here that I met the 2nd week we arrived. She is married to a Kenyan man, and has a gorgeous little girl. (See picture). We'll call her Jen. Jen's husband has been involved in business here, and she's been acting odd ever since their Christmas holiday in the UK. My friend Miriam's imaginations led us to thinking the worse- he was cheating on her, he beat her when she got back, etc. About 2 weeks ago, she just disappeared. After acting very odd for 2 weeks. We were worried, concerned... but new she was talking to our mutual friend Wendy, and figured in the end if she wanted she would talk to us. Miriam got a call last week for her to meet Jen and not tell anyone.
She fled the country just the other day. Her husband will follow suit soon. He's being blackmailed by several business partners, they've paid off the judges, and he's sent her and their little girl out of country immediately- for safety. There's no way to know if he is guilty, I do think he's innocent, but here- it would be impossible for him to have a fair trial, to have justice served. And it's easier then anything to have judges paid off, bad men roam free, and men on the side of the road burn to death.
Please pray for "Jen" if you think of her. We don't know if we'll ever hear from her again, Miriam tried to get her to say goodbye, but she's overcome with embarrassment, and probably a bit of English pride over the situation. It's hard to understand, but regardless of how she has left (not saying goodbye) I miss her already, and really feel awful about their situation. I can't imagine how difficult that would be, on your marriage, your family, and your life. To see your husband wrongly accused of many things, have to leave his nation he loves so dearly, and leave everything he's worked SO HARD for... *sob. Not a burden I have had to bear, and for that, am thankful.
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