Arap Sang, the little known human being among the now famous Ocampo Six has been, for a while, asking for your assistance, both in material and kind (through prayers or any other worthy spiritual intervention I guess).
The man, who hails from the Rift Valley and whose practise of journalism in a local radio on the eve and during the last elections and who has been put on focus by Moreno-Ocampo, is courteously asking for a coin or two from your pocket (it should be from sympathisers because those happy to see him there would never think of opening their wallets in aid of his walk in The Hague).
The man says he’s broke enough to make a trip to the International Criminal Court where he was formally invited to sample some Dutch food and pick attractive Orange laurels as the Argentine, m-Ocampo gives him a brief summary on why he was invited. When sampling how the Dutch, whose land hosts one of the most feared courtrooms in the modern world but yet to usher in one of their own, Arap Sang, may want to say hi to Kung-Fu specialist De Jong, the Netherlands footballer who kung-fud one Spanish player, Xabi Alonso, during the early stages of last year’s World Cup Final in South Africa. A chitchat with that player might surely help him avoid being red-carded by The Hague and risking eternal jail the way he (De Jong) escaped a sure red for his Kung-Fu tackle. Let that joke off. Back to serious stuff now.
The man, who denies any involvement in the massacres that befell the country in the aftermath of the disputed 2007 presidential election, and who is ready to prove his innocence says he’s cash strapped and that his pocket, often oiled by the media house he presents, is thin enough to boost his travelling to the far land. Therefore he’s asking well-wishers for a virtual accompaniment to The Hague by contributing towards his travelling expenses and upkeep.
Haters and lovers must be happy and dumfounded respectively with this fast developing development. First, those who would like to see him being hauled to the ICC and locked there forever will use this chance to be stingier and let their notes stay coolly intact within their wallets. They may also ask their friends to never let their shilling towards Arap Sang’s Transport To The Hague Trust Fund. His lovers would get the chance to, let say, compete in contributing towards this broke guy. A politician would give sh100, 000, a mere farmer will give sh100, and still a sympathetic teenager may give sh10. After they extend their hands, the politician will definitely ask him to vote for him when he's set free by the court, the mere farmer will tell him to sell his maize to the judges at The Hague and the teenager may tell him to ask the world’s top judges to come up with rulings that will contain the teenage vagaries from affecting him/her.
Such are the hardships Arap Sang, you can add his Christian name Joshua when you are praying for him, is facing. The more he asks for money the more he opens himself to exploitation when he returns, assuming he’s set free. How will he repay the sympathetic politician who paid for his air ticket, what reward will he give those who prayed for him.
Anyhow, let those who wanna give him a financial punt go ahead in honest trail and let those who wanna frown do it justly, but his latest turmoil seems heated than his fiery radio programmes.
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