THE LAND OF SIMBA

THE LAND OF SIMBA 

I proudly dorn the Kenyan colours,

Proudly polish the achiever’s Insignia

From atop the tri-peaked Mt. Kenya

Wave the black, red, green and white

Mmmh, savouring the amazing pearl that Kenya is

The land of Simba.

Magical Kenya,

A hotbed of greatness!

A mother proud of her progeny,

Nobel peace prize- Professor Wangari Mathai,

Barrack Obama, to the U.S. on loan,

A  Javelin wheezes through the air-Julius Yego,

Ngugi wa Thiong’o- An icon among the literati,

Lupita  Nyong’o- the Oscars

Our dreams are valid,

Magical Kenya.

There goes the gong

A final Olympic lap

Jump-  a hurdle is cleared

Splash-goes the water jump

Hurdle, splash, hurdle, splash

One, two, three- a clean Kenyan sweep

Steeple chase glory.

Though almost anchored in perpetual stability,

Ignoble storms have rocked our yatch.

Lest we forget, Just lest we forget!

Likoni  ‘92, rivulets of blood!

Molo and laikipia, sorrow and hurt,

07/08, a tide of tears, animosity, blood and death!

Historically, linguistically, culturally- diverse we may be

Yet, one, Kenyans we are one nation

Let’s unite and forge ahead in unity.

Revel, proudly in the glory of 52 years of Uhuru,

A progressive constitution- promulgated in 2010,

Illiteracy and disease- conquered day by day

My Kenya, the land of simba,

Where devolution almost works.

One and all let’s stoke the embers

Embers of our forefathers’ dreams

A united Kenya,

A nation anchored in love and unity

Let’s proudly sing the anthem of patrioticism

“Tuungane pamoja, Tujenge taifa”

For Kenya, my Kenya

Is the land of simba.

********************END**********************************

By S.K. Kyenze 04/05/2016