Father mistakenly ‘disciplined’ instead of son

 Father mistakenly ‘disciplined’ instead of son

          By Chrispory Juma

A father in Shauri Yako Estate in Homa-Bay town felt the wrath of a local provincial administrator who mistook him for a son who was meant to be disciplined.

He had allegedly gone to the administrator two weeks before the incident to report about his wayward son. As a concerned parent eager to discipline his child at whatever cost, he sought the assistance of the administrator over a son who had proven quite a hard nut to crack for him.

His son, a student at a local high school, had not only become disrespectful of him but also involved himself in drinking sprees and wanton clubbing in various clubs within the town. He squandered school fees with disregard of his parents’ plight in their struggles to raise him up.

He was a true semblance of his father from head to toes. They had the same height, complexion and tone. To his father, he had become a danger worth of even taking his parents’ life. Therefore, seeking a third-party’s help was vital.

True to his duty of always keeping wayward youths in check through cruel lashings in his office, the administrator promised the father that the son would be effectively dealt with. But one obstacle remained: Getting the son to the administrator’s office would be so difficult. So the they agreed that the administrator comes for the ‘disciplinary operation’ at the fathers home.

A week before the operation  , he did a survey at the home to know the exact house of the son in the homestead because the son used to disappear the whole day only to reappear in the thick of the night. An agreement was reached that the administrator would strike at 11 p.m.

The fateful night arrived when as bad luck would dictate that night, the father was outside answering to a short call of nature when the administrator arrived with his squad of trusted ‘youths’ who essence are older than him.            

Within seconds, they mistakenly pounced on the father with kicks and blows. One of them was heard saying,    “In ema isebedo kithago wuonu kae? Iwe ni ipong’, donge? (You are the one who has been disturbing your father here? You think you are old enough.”

Helpless, the father was overheard yelling, “Yaye chief ok en an. En e ode kacha. An nawuok mana layo (Chief, it isn’t me. He is there in his house. I just came out to pee).” 

The son quickly noticed the commotion, ran out of the house to hide behind an edge just to witness the sweet drama unfold. By the time the administrator realized an error in his target, the father was writhing in pain, lamenting why he had to be a look-alike of a son who had taken the opposite of his character. The son has never been seen, three weeks since the incident occurred.