They keep our flag flying high

While some politicians threaten 'foreigners' with eviction from their constituencies

While some politicians show their grief at funerals by preaching politics

While some politicians suspected of wrongdoing insist on staying put 

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the Olympics 3,000 metres steeplechase

While some high school students experiment with alcohol and narcotics

While some high school students express their frustrations through arson

While some college lecturers demand sexual favours

While some college students give in exchange for excellent grades

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the Boston Marathon

While some women salivate after men's money

While some men lust after women's bodies

While some wives nag their husbands

While some husbands batter their wives

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the New York Marathon

While some matatu crews tamper with speed governors and refuse to wear uniforms

While some matatus' windscreens sport fake insurance stickers

While some matatu conductors 'forget' to return your change but are quick to bribe traffic police officers

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the London Marathon

While some officials mismanage sports associations

While some officials mismanage local authorities

While some officials mismanage educational institutions

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the Rotterdam Marathon

While we throng entertainment joints every weekend

While we frantically do our Christmas shopping on Christmas eve

While motorists splash rainwater on pedestrians when it rains

While cattle rustlers murder, steal, burn and rape during every raid

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the Beijing Marathon

While we watch foreign movies and cheer foreign musicians

While we wear foreign clothing labels and shoes

While we drive used, imported vehicles

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the Fukuoka Road Race

While banks pay us low interest rates on our deposits and charge us high interest rates on loans

While we 'invest' our hard-earned money in pyramid schemes

While we hand over title deeds and log books to shylocks in exchange for 'instant' loans

Kenyan athletes' feet pound the ground and they win the Nairobi International Marathon

Copyright: 2007 festus mbuimwe aka wamoronjia