...just after the 2007/2008 post election violence somewhere in Kericho, some highly agitated politicians confided with the loyalist electorate/supporters on the next cause of action following the disputed election. They, after alot of public deliberations decided that they were going to burn an effigie of emilion and lucie in a coffin...the dimensions and the type of coffin were going to be decided by the committee that was picked to foresee that task...
The committee placed the order for the coffin and the coffin price and the cardboard effigies were paid for. They were told to go back after a week to which they did. The coffin was ready and completely sealed with the effigies inside.
The committee informed the politicians and then a public notification was sent out to the locals with the date of performing their ritual in Kericho stadium...
On the material day, a very huge gathering assembled and the normal political circuses ensued with the politicians seated with the coffin just below the diase...
After the speeches and names calling the charged crowd were shouting at the top of their voices something to the effect that the coffin with the two person effigies inside was ripe for burning and that may the virtual act turn real...
The coffin was burnt with the effigies inside while the massive crowd cheered on wildly till the coffin turned into ashes. The crowd was happy and satisfied with the act. They dispersed and went home to wait for the real tragedy, as the politicians flew back to Nairobi to cork the champagne...
And sure enough a week later it happened...a tragedy that left the Kericho stadium participants baffled and confused...that two of the politicians a man and a woman who had attended the emilion and lucie effigie burning were involved in a light aircraft accident somewhere in Narok and were burned almost beyond recognition...
The entire region was in agonising wailing and mourning as they pondered on what do next since their actions of a week earlier were turning to haunt them and it was not clear who would be the next...The other politicians who attended the fete had to go back to Kericho as a matter of urgency...
I leave it to you the reader to figure out what happened after that...
...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...