Poetry: "This Land I Long To see"

This land I long to see,

Fulfill its father’s dream,

That haki iwe ngao na ukweli.

In this great beautiful land Kenya,

Idumu heshima in plenty,

For one and all, regardless of the facts or faults,

To live in one accord, holding hands in thanksgiving.

 

This land I long to see.

The willingness of all in it,

Just like Wangari Maathai,

Follow the footsteps of conservancy,

To keep Kenya the Great in shape,

To maintain the beauty in wild and domestic life,

From a willing heart to her blossoming motherland.

 

Breathing oxygen in, casting toxic gases out,

In this land I long to see,

From the leaders to the infants,

From birth do death prioritising,

For the sake of the future,

One goal in mind, to make this land

A better place to live and die in, peace and harmony.

 

Oh! How…This land I long to see,

Kill the corruption within,

To dust! Crush the ‘kitu kidogo’ thing,

Ustawi! At last tuupate, not for some but,

For all this land breeds, for all this land dreams,

Making the people of the land safe to live in,

And trustworthy to live out.