State House Official Dennis Itumbi Narrates How he was Once Caught Shoplifting

Senior Director of Innovation, Digital and Diaspora Communication in the Office of the President, Dennis Itumbi on Thursday revealed that he was once caught shoplifting and beaten by attendants who caught him red handed.

Through his social media, the State House official stated that one of his regrets in his life was that he was shoplifter in the past.

"Yes, for a while I shoplifted perfumes in a particular supermarket. It was easy. Walk in with a basket, pretend to be shopping and in the process mark all security points.

"Then make the second round. Here you pick at least three perfumes and off to a guy waiting outside and then back to do the same thing," he wrote.

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He further revealed that he was a professional in the act stating that: "I would repeat the process three times in a week. For at least 3 months."

Just like the Swahili saying "Siku za mwizi ni arubaini (which loosely translates to a thief's days are numbered) he was caught in the act and punished for his crime.

"So one day, after successfully doing my thing I was caught red-handed, taken upstairs and beaten by shop assistants before they recovered what I was about to walk out with," he explained.

Itumbi narrated how after a few years, he walked to the supermarket manager and demanded an invoice so that he could pay for what his younger self had done: "but the manager smiled and told me in the rephrased words of Jesus, " Go young man and shoplift no more"

He summarised the scenario stating that embarrassing moments would be great testimonies

"Do not spend too much time regretting and hoping you did something different. Instead, write down your goals, wake up to push yourself towards your dreams despite the hurdles and frustrations.

"I leave you with the great words of Shannon L. Alder, " Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, toyed with, lowered and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from you. You have the power today to reset your boundaries, restore your image, start fresh with renewed values and rebuild what has happened to you in the past."

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"God Bless You, Keep You and Favour You," he concluded.

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