Did that really just happen?!

I feel like I am constantly thinking that to myself here..."Did that really just happen??!" and today was no different.

So, its close to lunchtime and I'm just sitting at my desk when a girl walks into the office. I ask her how I can help her and she proceeds to tell me that she wants to know the status of a defilement case that we are currently prosecuting. I begin to ask her who she is and her relationship to the case and conversation proceeds as follows:

Me: Are you related to someone involved in the case?

Girl: Yes.

Me: Okay...are you related to one of the girls who was defiled?

Girl: No.

Me: So...who exactly do you know who is involved in the case?

Girl: Umm...well, my uncle is the accused.

Me: (shocked, but trying not to look so) Oh. Okay. Um...hold on just a second. Take a seat.


I go and tell the lawyers what's going on and they're all as shocked as I am. I go back out and tell the girl that we are unable to give her information about a case we are prosecuting and if she wants to know the status of the case she should ask her uncle. She says that she understands and then hands me a letter to give to our director. Thinking the envelop contains a letter pleading with us not to take throw her dirty uncle in jail, I take the letter to Pamela. She opens it and begins to laugh. I take the letter from her hands and look at the top, which reads: "Application for Internship."

Are you serious? Did that really just happen??? How do you say "Conflict of Interest" in Nyanja?