Wouldn't worry too much. This is a Nairobi newspaper's fourth- or fifth-hand, indirect, hypothetical, conditional, qualified report in the abstract that such and such a thing may occur in future. It's like saying that one afternoon in the seventh century may've felt like the eighth for a minute there, depending on who was paying attention. Almost makes you wonder why a warm bucket of spittle like this story got major play, almost. No there there.
Wow! So progressive. They need to be careful with all these new liberties, they risk jumping too quickly forward to the 13th century.
Wouldn't worry too much. This is a Nairobi newspaper's fourth- or fifth-hand, indirect, hypothetical, conditional, qualified report in the abstract that such and such a thing may occur in future. It's like saying that one afternoon in the seventh century may've felt like the eighth for a minute there, depending on who was paying attention. Almost makes you wonder why a warm bucket of spittle like this story got major play, almost. No there there.