Coming persuasively but assertively was Phoebe Ndile from St George's Secondary School with her solo verse, Enfant Gate (Protect the Child) the persona stressed the need to provide unequivocal protection of the child form the effect of technological innovation.
"Let me grow, let me learn at a natural pace, when the right time comes I will progress to that level," said the performer urging parents not to leave their gadgetry such as smart phones at the disposal of the child.
Adding their vice to negative media, State House Girls presented the poem, The Waves that also seeks to protect the child form negative ethnicity literature on the internet and the social media.
The piece seeks peace, love and unity for a nation struggling to remain afloat as a single unit.
"The ethnic muddle that we paddle/And capsize/Castles hopes now/Shameless faces rattled/Squeezed and rubbished, in the graveyards of doom," goes part of the verse.
But the poem concludes with a hopeful tune urging compatriots to stand and work together as brothers and sisters.
"Arise from pitches of battle ditches/Save the souls from growls and crawls/ Shimmer AND shine for future framework/As we paddle the boat from the waves.
Parklands Arya Girls cemented the message of patriotism with their play, My Patriotism My Pride starring Faith Maleko, Naomi Simiyu, Margaret Kadari, Loreen Mideva, Phelisian Adhiambo supported by Stacey Mamji, Rahima Wanjiku, Hidaya Wakesho, Habura Babusa, Mulki Mohammed and Amina Osaman.
The play depicts a man who goes abroad to advance in his studies as well as acquire skills, with an aim of going back to his country and develop it with the new knowledge.
But the allure of good and at times deceptive life of Western capitals made him forget home squandering his money.
The story urges all those who go abroad especially with the help of villagers selling cattle, land and every little fortune left, not to turn their back on the benefactors.
"The fest was very competitive, it was very hard to separate the first and the last, so we have our work cut for us," said adjudicator Obilo Ngo'ng'o of Alliance Française who was sharing the bench with Eric Wekesa of St Peter's Mumias.
Other schools that graced the stage include Riara Springs, Sunshine School, Buru Buru Girls' and Starehe Boys Center.
Highway Secondary School presented a verse that depicts the clergy who have gone on a roller coaster contradicting very teaching if the Holy Scriptures.
—The students who are missing their Otonglo narrative star Daniel Owira for the first time after he sat his KCSE last year, have urged the men and women of cloth to be good role models.
This year's theme is Nurturing Talent for National Development and will carry on until April when the national auditions move to Meru.
Nairobi County festival will go on until this Friday
