let's go on a safari.... i really love kenya

Let’s go on Safari       (my Kenya my pride my future)

Jambo? Jambo Bwana?

Welcome to Kenya- the home of safari

Tie your shoe laces,

Put on your hat

Let’s travel together

Let’s go on a safari

Oh yes, you have heard right

Those are distinct languages

Forty three and counting

All under one roof

A tree and with massive branches

Our languages, the sap of her life

Our identity our strength, our pride

I see you are wowed

This is Nairobi- city in the sun

Mesmerized by her matatu culture?

Yes, they are Nganyas

And yes, you are not wrong

It is a woman driving

This is Kenya,

Where one can be anything .

Let’s go on safari

Oh, the newspapers headlines?

This is Kenya

Such is our democratic space

Freedom of expression

Unparalleled in the continent

Politics, leadership, sports, just name it

They will print it, for this is Kenya.

That, yes you are right

It is the music of the land

That, yes is the beat of progress

Tarmacked highways, standard gauge railway line

World class airlines, superb hotels

That is the pulse of Kenya

Sweet tropical home

Let’s go on safari.

Come my friend, let’s take a rest

Oh the cuisine, gastronomical delights,

Sample, eat and delight

Will it be the muthokoi, Irio, mukimo?

Could it be nyama choma, sukuma wiki ugali?

Maybe you would prefer chapatti?

My friend eat, enjoy for we have a long evening

An evening of mahindi choma, gwaci and mutura.

For we have gone on safari

S.K. KYENZE     2/5/2017