The Star’s November 13 front-page splash story “Saitoti widow sued over ‘stolen son’”, accompanied by a large photo showing Zachary Musengi Saitoti and the wife of the late minister, was certainly an attention-grabber. It was based on a court proceeding instituted by a Subukia couple who claimed that Zachary was their son who had been abducted as a child. Three more front-page stories followed over the next four days, with another small front-page story on November 29. My first thought as I read the initial stories and looked at the pictures was to wonder how Zachary felt...
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