I relived George Orwell's terrifying scene from 1984 last week.
I was at the border and there were two customs officers.
The government said there were four.
I tried hard to see four. I tried for an entire week, reformulating and re-posing questions. But despite my efforts, I just couldn't see four officers.
So I wrote the story.
In Canada, I could get away with alarming headlines. Here in Rwanda, I'll keep it tame: Government spokesperson insists there are four employees at the border, but people at the border say there are two, working 40-hour shifts.