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The Daily News [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]
23 February 2010
Beggars condemn woman-cat rumours
By CONSESA JOHN
RUMOURS circulating in Dar es Salaam about a woman said to have disappeared mysteriously after giving alms to a beggar at Salender Bridge in the city has brought mayhem to some beggars and the disabled, saying it has robbed them of their daily bread. [...]
One week ago it was reported that a beggar at Salender Bridge asked for money from a woman who was in a car and after she gave him money her hands grew hairs like a cat and could not drive her car.
It was further alleged that the beggar asked the woman to step out of his car and kiss him so that her hand could return to normal but immediately after the woman fulfilled what she was asked to do, she and the beggar disappeared into thin air. [...]
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/870418/-/btf7ru/-/
The East African [Kenya]
1 March 2010
Too many beggars on the streets? Don’t drown them, give them loans
By JOACHIM BUWEMBO
A rumour that has been doing the rounds in Dar es Salaam for a couple of weeks now, has had the strangest effect on the city’s life. [...]
The effect was interesting — the number of beggars in the Dar streets fell sharply.
Women beggars stayed on, however, on the assumption that it was their male colleagues who had a problem.
Then Part B of the rumour started — that the male beggars are disguising themselves as women. [...]
The Daily News [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]
23 February 2010
Beggars condemn woman-cat rumours
By CONSESA JOHN
RUMOURS circulating in Dar es Salaam about a woman said to have disappeared mysteriously after giving alms to a beggar at Salender Bridge in the city has brought mayhem to some beggars and the disabled, saying it has robbed them of their daily bread. [...]
One week ago it was reported that a beggar at Salender Bridge asked for money from a woman who was in a car and after she gave him money her hands grew hairs like a cat and could not drive her car.
It was further alleged that the beggar asked the woman to step out of his car and kiss him so that her hand could return to normal but immediately after the woman fulfilled what she was asked to do, she and the beggar disappeared into thin air. [...]
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/870418/-/btf7ru/-/
The East African [Kenya]
1 March 2010
Too many beggars on the streets? Don’t drown them, give them loans
By JOACHIM BUWEMBO
A rumour that has been doing the rounds in Dar es Salaam for a couple of weeks now, has had the strangest effect on the city’s life. [...]
The effect was interesting — the number of beggars in the Dar streets fell sharply.
Women beggars stayed on, however, on the assumption that it was their male colleagues who had a problem.
Then Part B of the rumour started — that the male beggars are disguising themselves as women. [...]
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