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Saa hii elgon view hakukaliki

Biashara zimekwama

Elgon view ndo estate ya wadosi kwa hii city

But pia wao saa hii wako in a mess

Their stock zinaharibika

All because of mafuriko.

Manifesto ilikua ya wheelbarrow

Wakakubali kubebwa wanaa

Saa hii vitu zao zinabebwa na maji

Assets being carried away

Ivo tu

Saa hii wanalilia gava

Wa improve their drainage systems

Blocked trenches ndio shida

Wanaomba wasaidiwe

Wanaingia in their shops na maji

Every other item imelowa

Na si wao tu, every other region Kenya inalia

Most homes are drowning

Most crops zimesombwa

Most rivers zinafurika

All thanks to poor drainage

Wanataka waelezewe niaje gava imetenga 

Dooh za floods yet hawasaidiwi

Kwani hizi dooh zinangoja elnino

Wanadai kuelezewa

Story za drainage systems haziwork

Zitawekwa in the past siku gani

Wako na maswali

Niaje wanabebwa na maji na gava imenyamaza tu, swali

Niaje hawajawai jengewa drainage system inasupport such times, swali

Niaje walichagua leaders hawawarepresent, swali

Wako na maswali

But hakuna mcee anawaskiza

Their cries hazifikii leaders viziwi

Their laments ni laments tu

Wanapigia mbuzi quitar

Wanajihurumia.

Imani Freystar

The Midnight Star.

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