importance that young couples be cautious and think about the future. In short, it was designed to encourage saving, as part of a publicity campaign for Mordox Bank. The last phrase contained the slogan: ´These people, the Mwangi, have made Mordox's bank their bankª. In smaller print below one could read: ´This story is real, but the names used in the photograph are fictitious.ª
The detective concentrated on the couple in the photograph. The man called Jim Mwangi was tall, dark, thin and smiling, with an easy manner. Despite being taller than average he wore fashionable shoes with thick soles and large heels. His trousers were wide at the ankles. A tight casual shirt with vertical lines completed the look. His right hand was squeezed into his trouser pocket, but his wrist identification bracelet, characteristic of pilots was still visible. His left outstretched hand tightly gripped the right hand of his shapely wife. She wore black sunglasses, a knitted turban, a silk blouse with an open neck, wedge shaped soled shoes, rings and flared trousers. An enormous charm necklace completed the image. They represented a typical, modern, young middle class Kenyan couple.
"So what?" he spat at Waweru, "What's that got to do with the lynching?"
"The dead guy in the street is exactly the same one as the model in the photograph!", shouted Karima, almost hysterical. "I've known him for years from Kericho. A crazy head, with a very bad luck. He came from a very modest family. But I never thought he would rob, boss. I am not liking it."
"Dear Karima", said his boss trying to console him. "You are dreaming up things in an effort to escape the bad patch that we are in. As your comrade Luma, or what's his name says, itís the law of the jungle. They catch him stealing, and he is quite rightly stoned, as is fitting for a delinquent. That Jim Mwangi, or as he was correctly called, Moses Orieyo, is a lesson to publicity agents who should more carefully choose their prototype citizens. Once, I knew..."