Watching
Kenya
Before you abducted our
tourists
We knew not war. We
were peace priests
We went about our
business undisturbed
We never looked over
our shoulders perturbed
Our
businesses boomed hotels full
We went to
church worshipped prayerful
We boarded
matatus not being doubtful
No one
frisked us when we were faithful
Then our
president responded to the provocation
Our
soldiers went on land, sea and air incursion
Inside
Somalia smoking out Al Shabaab with determination
City by
city our gallant soldiers captured with retaliation
The retaliation has
been devastating
Bloodshed, injury and
perpetual fearing
We have spent millions
of shilling trying
To counter Al Shabaab
revenge almost with everything
We’ve made
mistakes on the way
Giving a
quick fix when the breaches give way
To capital
flight tourists flying away
And we remain
jobless idling away
The
Wanjiku does not care whether
It’s
choices and consequences rather
She wants
a permanent closure from further
Death and
destruction. She does not want it to go farther
Even if it means
installing CCTV cameras
Or keeping our troops
longer in the diasporas
May be a dialogue in
multiple foras
Any one listening? We
are tired of this morass!
The writer is a final year
student of Bachelors of Arts Degree in Communication and Media at Chuka
University and an intern at KNA Kitui Bureau. He blogs at
musyokangui.blogspot.com
Email your thoughts to
musyokangui02@gmail.com
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