I could not breath the last 10 laps. The only one to ever do it! This win was so well deserved with changing track conditions, amazing pit strategy and the tyre whisperer that Lewis is!
Mama I made it!
I occupied Parliament
Remember the #occupyParliament demonstrations?
But tell daddy Iโm sorry
I wonโt come home tonight
Not because Iโm spending at a friendsโ. No!
Not because Iโm among the injured.
No!
Nor because I was abducted as they have to most of us.
That would have been better
Iโm in a cold dark place called the morgue Mama
I know daddy will be angry why I wore his shoes
I had to, I know they are bigger but I had to
Otherwise no one could have.
I know he will complain that I have read too much political novels
Please donโt let him blame Animal Farm,
Donโt let him blame Kidagaa Kimemwozea,
Donโt let him blame Tumbo Lisiloshiba,
Donโt let him blame Kifo Kisimani,
Donโt let him blame Mstahiki Meya,
Or Parliament of Owls
They canโt be blamed.
I did it for Our country.
They hailed us for being fearless Mama!
They called it an historic moment; actually unprecedented.
Did you watch the news?
All over the country thousands of us matched forward, wearing mostly black,
chanting slogans and singing revolutionary songs.
They call us GenZ Mama.
Some Mpigs say we have watched too much Netflix and we eat KFC.
Sorry for the spelling mistakes Mama,
I meant MPs.
Did you see how we sang โKudadeโ with Mc Gogo?
Did you see how Juliani turned up and we sang โUtawalaโ?
That song you call โNikoo njaa siwezi karangaโ?
Did you hear us sing โTujiangalieโby Sauti Sol?
Have you seen King Kakaโs โ Wanataka Kutumalizaโ?
Did you see how Mulamwah gave us Tea and Mandazi?
Have you seen all the comedians, Content creators and influencers?
I told you it will be Big Mama!
We matched forward Mama Slowly and peacefully Like you told me
We said we were peaceful
They rattled us with teargas and water canons Mama
We coughed, cried and chocked to the smoke but still matched on
We matched amidst the sting of that pink water they sprayed on us with those beastly vehicles
But nothing was more painful than hearing them pass that draconian punitive Bill Mama.
Remember how you used to forcefully give us porridge by locking us between your legs, pinching our noses then pouring a tone of porridge in our forcibly opened mouth?
Leaving us with two choices; swallowing or choking to death?
Thatโs what they did to us yesterday Mama
But unlike in the past, todayโs child chose the latter; death!
We approached the parliament as promised.
We eventually occupied Parliament Mama
Albeit briefly.
The wall gave in and we entered.
Iโm sorry I did not taste the rice
As some did Mama
All I tasted was the bullets Mama
They sprayed me with bullets Mama,
Thatโs why i wonโt come home.
My battle is over Mama
But not the revolutionary war.
I am deeply saddened by the reports of deaths and injuries - including of journalists and medical personnel - connected to protests and street demonstrations in Kenya.
I urge the Kenyan authorities to exercise restraint, and call for all demonstrations to take place peacefully.