Justice Today, and another trip to the Jail

Today as we were going out as a family to a game drive and fishing trip south of Lusaka, at our new Landlord’s property, we had a call on our cellphone from Sergeant Mumba, asking whether we could please come down to the jail.  He had our money!  So, we diverted quickly off the main Great East Road to the Kalingalinga (you should hear Maggie say that word!) Police Post.  When we got there, Eric and I went in, and respectfully greeted the Sergeant, who respectfully greeted us in return.  He explained that Eric King’s father had been contacted, who was very ashamed at the behavior of his son.  He sent our 150,000KW, with his apologies.  Eric King has to stay in the holding cell until his father, or family pays 1 milion Kwacha toward his 2.8 million, and then he will be released on condition that he pays back the rest of the 1.8 million in a certain period of time, or he will be rejailed.  So, justice has been had, at least for the present.  He has been in jail since the last time we wrote, and we don’t know how long he was there before we saw him there.  We have learned a valuable lesson in deposits toward items we are having built, and we’ve also learned that police can be wonderful allies!  This week, two jail trips in three days.  Whew- busy week.  And, we move tomorrow, hopefully for the last time this year (6 times since January, and it has felt a bit nomadic, and unsettled at times).