They say leadership is a calling,
But some of our leaders treat it like a privacy setting—
Only visible to them and their friends.
They sit on leather chairs while Kenyans sit on problems.
They sip imported tea while mama mboga sips stress for breakfast.
They sign policies with golden pens that write nothing but hunger
on the tables of ordinary citizens.
Kenya walks with patience,
But leaders run with our hope.
We queue to vote, they queue to loot.
We carry IDs with pride, they carry scandals like badges of honor.
But listen—
A nation is not a throne, it is a heartbeat.
And when leadership forgets the people, the heartbeat slows…
the trust breaks… the youth turn silent…
or worse, stay home on voting day.
Leadership is not a seat. It is a service.
It is not a title. It is a towel—
for wiping tears, for cleaning wounds,
for lifting citizens from dust to dignity.
Kenya is watching. Kenya is waiting.
And history is recording who led us and who left us.
PIECE 2: DEAR GOVERNMENT, WE ARE TIRED
Dear Government, we are tired.
Tired of promises that never grew legs,
tired of roads that begin but never arrive,
tired of taxes that climb like thieves on our backs
while services fall like excuses.
We are tired of leaders who appear during campaigns like comets—
bright, loud, full of fire—
then disappear for five years
leaving nothing but dust and echo.
We are tired of youth treated like statistics, not citizens.
Like future potential, never current priority.
You tell us “we are the leaders of tomorrow”,
but tomorrow is 60 years old and still pending approval.
We ask for fairness.
For water that flows, for jobs that exist,
for justice that doesn’t need connections to answer the phone.
We ask to live, not survive.
To dream without feeling foolish.
Dear Government, are you listening?
Because Kenya is crying… but she is also rising.
PIECE 3: WE, THE PEOPLE
We are Kenyans.
Born from fields of chai and maize,
raised by matatu horns and sunrise hustles.
We are the heartbeat that keeps this nation moving
even when leadership moves us backwards.
We are not powerless. We are not voiceless.
Governance should not be a game of the rich
played with the lives of the poor.
It should be justice like rain—touching everyone.
It should be leadership like light—seen by all.
When leaders forget, we remind.
When leaders fall, we correct.
When leaders fail, we rise.
We—THE PEOPLE—are awake.
And we will shape this nation
with our voice, our vote, and our vision.
