NEWSFLASH - Merry Xmas Mbote! (MBC)

 

From our cultural correspondent in Mpongoville

In a packed press conference at the Ministry of Compulsory Celebration today, President for Life of Mbote, General Papi Mpongo, announced the beginning of official Christmas festivities for the joyous people of the nation.

In his prepared speech to the press, President Mpongo confirmed that the government would be organising a mandatory spontaneous popular parade through the capitol, culminating in the raising of the biggest, bestest Xmas tree in Africa. 

The Xmas tree is a gift from the government of Switzerland ,which has close ties to the Mbote regime through the office of the president (suggestions that this is in any way linked to the financial services sector are, of course, unfounded enemy propaganda!)