{"id":11112,"date":"2018-06-05T14:52:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=11112"},"modified":"2018-06-05T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:52:31","slug":"balaam-under-fire-for-killing-a-python-in-his-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/balaam-under-fire-for-killing-a-python-in-his-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Balaam Under fire for killing a Python in His farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Balaam\u2019s employees killed a python that they found in his farm in Masindi. It is not yet clear how it happened, but a picture of Balaam\u2019s farm men posing with the dead python leaked onto social media. This infuriated Abbey Rafsanjan, a former scribe and US based environmentalist who went on a long Facebook rant that spanned for hours.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is appalling, disgusting, repulsive and downright dumb. For someone like Mr Balaam Barugahara who has gone to school, travelled and been blessed with so much exposure to condone and even celebrate this kind of act is sheer disturbing, to say the least. Now imagine someone who is not as exposed. You guys have never heard of UWEC of Mr James Musinguzi or UWA of Mr Stephen Masaba, right?&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Balaam\u2019s friends and other social media followers came to his defense saying that snakes are dangerous and therefore can\u2019t co-exist with human beings like Rafsanjan wanted them to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flavia Milly Lanyero:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI need some education; \u201cthe python had encircled on of the farmers\u201d. So the python should have been left to eat the farmer?? Am confused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Namara Catherine Masiko:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cOh how the mighty have fallen!! Men are killing each other over a python,<em>\u00a0mbu<\/em>\u00a0animal rights, my foot. In my world I have dominion over the animals on the land creepers, fowl of the air and fish of the sea. Animal rights! Crap! Crap!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Levin S Sentongo:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAm I assured that if I spot a Python in my garden or house n I call UWA guys they will reach in 5mins wherever I myt be staying? What guarantee do I have that the python will also be there waiting for the wildlife guys to come capture it? Will I be giving lunch or massaging it during that time as we wait for the wildlife guys?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Balaam\u2019s employees killed a python that they found in his farm in Masindi. It is not yet clear how it happened, but a picture of Balaam\u2019s farm men posing with the dead python leaked onto social media. 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