Courts are revered and a mention of a court elicits seriousness, fear and cautiousness.
However, those who frequent magistrates courts would tell you that they are a galore of theatrics, always full of comedies and tragicomedies that you will never see on your TV screen.For fair dispensation of justice, procedures demand freedom of expression to be exercised in court to allow advocates, respondents, petitioners, and witnesses speak the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth.
Because of generational differences between the court officials and clients all are required to use the correct words and put professional jargon to the minimal. This is done to ensure everyone uses only correct words to articulately defend oneself or else you will be found guilty for an offense you never committed or fail to secure a conviction.
At times, this leads to sexually explicit conversations or use of vulgar words in the silence only heard in courtrooms. Unlike media which is bound by laws that clobber it into exercising an exceptional adherence to the decency, when it comes to expression, court supersedes the heavy puritan hand.
Mpasho begins serialization of some of the bizarre incidents that tore into societal norms grossly blurring the decency line.
Recently four sex workers charged before Makadara court with unlawful possession of government stores left the court in stitches as they explained how they stole uniforms of two AP officers in Embakasi. Possession of government stores is the offense of having items only restricted to permitted government officials. These include police and military uniforms, national police service branded items like umbrellas and flags.
Immediately the charges were read out to them, they raised hands to oblige demanding to be heard before court continues. One of them started by explaining what happened before they decided to get the officers drunk and take away their uniforms. The magistrate directed her to say things as they instead of using euphemisms.
One by one they explained how they “worked hard” in bed to serve two AP officers at a brothel in Imara Daima, on debt. The officers later declined to pay the flesh services after a week as agreed. The sex workers said they were forced to trick the officers into the brothels again before drugging and undressing them. The magistrate interjected: “I thought pleasures of flesh are journeys pursued as private matters. Did these officers lose uniform in their line of duty,” the magistrate asked prosecution amid laughter in court.
Court files read that the policemen walked out of the “fornication house” naked and were helped by members of the public to cover themselves. The magistrate adjourned the case and issued summonses against the two officers to respond to allegations of “soliciting sex”………….
If you thought that was dramatic enough, wait until you go to the next page!
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