Forty days for a thief

There lived a group of people in a neighboorhood village.The people were believed to have been sneaking into the other village and stealing peoples property.The increased and people were complaining about this every day.It was not long before the villagers had taken their complain to the police station which was near there.Then one day,a fine evening,police officer had been sent to come and testify this.During the fateful night the gangs came as usual with aim of taking the livestock which was at one of the richest man in the village.As a thief has only forty days,their fortieth day had eventually reached.When they moving towards the house,they found themselves in the middle of police officers pointing guns at them.They had no option but to accompany the officers to the police station.They were taken to jail after having paid all that the villagers complained to shall have stolen.The villagers then remained staying in peace with their property secured. 

Location: Ferry, Likoni, Kenya