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01-18-2016, 01:00 PM
DR Congo frees goats from prison (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7607460.stm)
A minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered a Kinshasa jail to release a dozen goats, which he said were being held there illegally.
Deputy Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo said he found the goats just in time during a routine jail visit.
The beasts were due to appear in court, charged with being sold illegally by the roadside.
The minister said many police had serious gaps in their knowledge and they would be sent for retraining.
Mr Nyamugabo was conducting a routine visit to the prison when, he said, he was astonished to discover not only humans, but a herd of goats crammed into a prison cell in the capital.
This isn't some provincial backwater, this is in the capital city.
"Many police had serious gaps in their knowledge" is priceless.
BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper says that given the grim state of prisons in Congo, the goats will doubtless be relieved about being spared a trial.
There was no word on what their punishment would have been, had they been found guilty.
This isn't an April Fools day article. It is indeed the BBC.
I am trying to create a visual in my head of Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo doing a routine walk though the jail and discovering the goats. In my minds eye he is a civilized and refined man in a suit and tie. Then I imagine how his conversation went with the policemen who had jailed the goats. Maybe next time you have a beer with a buddy you can reenact this scene to polish off your mad method acting skilz.
In my favorite version he actually says to the policeman "You have some serious gaps in your knowledge"
A minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered a Kinshasa jail to release a dozen goats, which he said were being held there illegally.
Deputy Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo said he found the goats just in time during a routine jail visit.
The beasts were due to appear in court, charged with being sold illegally by the roadside.
The minister said many police had serious gaps in their knowledge and they would be sent for retraining.
Mr Nyamugabo was conducting a routine visit to the prison when, he said, he was astonished to discover not only humans, but a herd of goats crammed into a prison cell in the capital.
This isn't some provincial backwater, this is in the capital city.
"Many police had serious gaps in their knowledge" is priceless.
BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper says that given the grim state of prisons in Congo, the goats will doubtless be relieved about being spared a trial.
There was no word on what their punishment would have been, had they been found guilty.
This isn't an April Fools day article. It is indeed the BBC.
I am trying to create a visual in my head of Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo doing a routine walk though the jail and discovering the goats. In my minds eye he is a civilized and refined man in a suit and tie. Then I imagine how his conversation went with the policemen who had jailed the goats. Maybe next time you have a beer with a buddy you can reenact this scene to polish off your mad method acting skilz.
In my favorite version he actually says to the policeman "You have some serious gaps in your knowledge"