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Ukombozi Review > Issue 19 > Times are Tough, na No One Can Stomach it
Issue 19Poetry

Times are Tough, na No One Can Stomach it

Ndungi Kimathi Waruiru
Last updated: December 13, 2024 11:18 am
Ndungi Kimathi Waruiru 6 months ago
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Wazee wamelose hope, nao watoi wanarun from home juu ya kukosa tumaini…

Daily the butcher from Sugoi ana work overtime kumake sure ako  ahead kila siku, while butcher wa Dago analia customer wananunua matumbo wanamwachia mwili a head home kila siku.

We’ve been bitten once tukakuwa shy, out of naivety tukachagua watu hawana class… wasee ata hawakuenda past class six thinking they can lead us.

Enyewe sisi ndo wajinga

Kama siafu tukaelect hawa mapest..ona sasa wametake over shamba mzima and now we have nothing to harvest

Tuliwapea power to the extent wanataka kututax even the rainwater we harvest.

Ni wanyama, na they are hungry for more power

Ni mafisi na hawataki kuona ata ngiri imelala

Ni maparasite, wanainvent tricks za kutunyonya damu time and again and it sucks.

It sucks juu wealth tuko nayo ni scarce.

Na hizi ndo facts, hauneed kuenda kibera ndo uexperience life ya ki-slum.

Msoto imekuwa religion, iko kila mahali, ata ule msee unadhani ako fat nje utapata ni mu-slim ndani..

In a country full of riches, majority bado wanastruggle kumeet their basic needs.

Ni clear, they don’t care about us wanatumada like were mere ants.

Na inauma!

It hurts juu wamekwama na change yetu na tukitry kudemand watutreat fair, tunarushwa kwa subaru ama hearse.

It hurts juu in addition to stealing our money wametunyima peace, sahii tunaishi bila amani

Twice bitten but this time hatuko shy

For the time has come and the people SHALL!

Na every man is key, kwa sisi ndo ufunuo wa nchi, the real shujaaz.

Sisi ndo the true hustlers… wakenya daima.

The power lies in us, ya kusema no kenyan has to die-man.

Enough is enough, hatutaki ku-leadiwa tena na mapuppets mahn

For yes We the people CAN. Kwa pamoja tuki-cast our nets tutapull both the big fish na the smaller fish out of the government.

The time is now

Time ni yetu ya kuRise up nakuWise up, ndo this time tusimess up

Tell a tell friend to tell a friend that hii gava is not our friend.

Na in all we do tukumbuke kutosahau.

Kenya ni home na home ni Kenya

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