Cry, Beloved Kenya, Cry

Cry, Beloved Kenya, Cry

Cry for your country, Cry

What do you have to show

For ashen faces and babies dying on sands?

But it is good headlines

To read of deaths from hunger

Good news to see how far

We have come from

And are in the same league with Singapore

Neck by neck from Independence days

You see, hunger is the mainstay of our economy

Isn’t it entertaining to watch babies suckling from dead mothers?

Must be classic comedy

To see first hand somebody die clasping at a beggar’s bowl

Of course those are side-shows

Not as big as 2012 or Hague or Constitution

And I agree, totally

After all, these deaths happen every year

And we could be sure about them next year

For these people love dying!

They enjoy it! See it in their faces, I bet

They could do it again and again ( I mean dying)

May be you should not cry, Beloved Kenya

You could export hunger to other regions

You see, change of tact

Recall the athletes, forget the road rehabilitation

Run ads in the telly

“Kenya is your hunger destination”

Play the clips of malnourished babies

Play videos of starving characters on the throes of death

Do it big time

Then boast of the tourists

Make Turkana your capital

Create a Metropolitan City in Northern Kenya

Create Hunger Ministry

To make sure that many die of hunger

And at the end of the year

To clapping citizens, tell them:

“Our hunger turn-over grew in double digits

As you are well aware

In this year alone

3,000 died

We plan to make it

5,000 by next year”

May be you should not cry

Beloved Kenya

Everything is in control

Hunger should be your pillars of development

Combined with forward planning

We are well on track

Let us do this again

Next year at a time like this

Hunger is here to stay!