The carjacking story of Khwisero MP, Evans Akula, had many lessons to be learnt. He was driven around town for two hours without the police catching up with the carjackers. Instead, the police camped at the MP’s residence. The police always appear to be a step or two behind when it comes to apprehending criminals.

On being released, the MP was given a stolen car to drive himself home. It occurred to me, suppose the police knew about the stolen car and then spotted it as the MP was driving it, wouldn’t they have shot him thinking he is that “most wanted” thug? If that had happened, wouldn’t the police have insisted that indeed the person they shot was one of the gangsters since after the shooting the owner of the vehicle was rescued from the car boot? Who would have known it was not the MP who placed the car owner in the boot? Would we have known the truth?

My friend was once a victim of in broad daylight. One of things the carjackers did first acarjackingfter bundling him into the backseat was to remove the jacket he was wearing and have one of them wear it. If a bystander had seen him being carjacked, his/her report to the police would have included the jacket he was wearing.

However, as the carjackers rode with him around town, he was not the one wearing that jacket. What am trying to say is that a lot of things change immediately someone is carjacked. The police should never shoot anyhow at the occupants of a carjacked vehicle because the likelihood of innocent persons being harmed is very high.

Well, the story of Hon. Akula tells it all, he never carjacked anyone but here he was driving a stolen car with the victim locked in the boot. Those were indeed strange circumstances; thank God both lived to tell their stories.

Who was this other fellow in the car boot whose car the MP drove? He had his ordeal in the boot for four long hours; longer than the MP. Why are we not given his name? Has he not been discriminated upon because of probably his low status in society? I am sure if he were say the MD of some corporate company, his name would have featured prominently as did that of the MP.

Correct me if am wrong, but when it comes to human life, we are all equal irrespective of our backgrounds. His insignificance in this cast reminds me of George Orwell’s Animal Farm - All animals are equal but some are more equal than others. Through good journalism we can change that and have a society where everyone feels important and valued.