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    Malawi : Villagers kicked out for Madonna school

    Villagers kicked out for Madonna school
    Fri Feb 12 2010


    Malawi's government is backing a move by Madonna to build a $16.84m girls' school.

    Malawi's government has told a group of villagers they will have to move to make way for a $16.84 million girls' school being built by pop star Madonna.

    Residents have refused to leave the site just outside the capital, Lilongwe.

    Lilongwe District Commissioner Charles Kalemba told 200 villagers on Thursday that the government land had been handed over to Madonna.

    Another official, who did not wish to be named, told AFP Commisioner Kalemba said the villagers "were lucky to have been "compensated for the houses, gardens and fruit trees."

    The official said a local chief, Binson Chinkhota, told the villagers to "accept the reality as there is nothing we can do."

    The villagers have been offered other government land.

    Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo, who will be principal of Madonna's school, said the singer paid the villagers more than 16 million kwacha (about $A130,000) to compensate them for their houses.

    Headman Binson Chinkhota urged residents to move, saying the school would benefit their children.

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    Christ, I wish all of these fucking assholes would just stay at home, sing, snort coke and divorce each other rather than going overseas fucking up the lives of people whose lives are already pretty fucked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mid
    Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo, who will be principal of Madonna's school, said the singer paid the villagers more than 16 million kwacha (about $A130,000) to compensate them for their houses.
    Is that each?

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    ^ Yes. After you divide by 200.

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    Wonder how much of that money actually reached the villagers?

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    ^I would think 'virtually none' would be a safe bet.

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    So the Malawi currency is the Kwacha, ya learn something new every day. Wonder what the odds are of me forgetting this again by tomorrow?

    Oh, and Madonna is a stuck up slag, can't stand the bitch.

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