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Development Plans
BOB DUKES, COMMERCIAL OFFICER AND AIDE TO THE GOVERNOR OF MAZITA, heard the sound of the advance motorcycle escort long before the motorcade reached him. He pulled over to the side of the road, onto a dusty patch of ground beneath a large flamboyant tree, and closed the car windows against the inevitable dust cloud.
It could only be the President of Opunto. It didn't pay to hinder his progress for his vanguard were well-known for their thuggish behavior. Seconds later, the cavalcade passed him at a rush, horns blaring, lights flashing. A Silver Cloud Rolls Royce with its top speed of over 100 miles an hour. Yes, it was Mzee Jefferson Jambo, his pennant snapping in the breeze.
Opunto, mainland neighbor of the island of Mazita on the East African coast, had recently a
