A Tale Of Two Kitties Poem by Kimani wa Mumbi

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
It was a season of many mice, it was a season miceless.
There was a kittie in a home near Uganda.
There was another just across the border.
The one in Uganda was ugly and mean,
Everyone called that kitty Idi, I mean.

The other kitty lived across in a home near Kenya
And his tale I'm just about to tell ya
He was a freedom fighter of sorts
Spent less time in the field than he did at airports
And when Independence came he vowed
To fight ignorance poverty and disease
Other cats called this cat Jomo, who loved manyattas.

About the kitty in Uganda,
It was as illiterate as mean, always blundered.
Many mice it killed and as many it ate.
And as many it expelled to foreign states.
It gave itself many titles,
Including Ruler of the Beasts of the Earth and Seas!
It was mean cruel and many went to meet their savior by its means.

The cat in Kenya grabbed land,
Enriched its family and displaced the needy.
And the real freedom fighters got nothing for their struggle
They were just silenced with patriotic songs.
This kitty loved traditional music, too.
Spent half the time at the Coast watching dancers.
Ten years after Independence, the kitty on the throne,
There was really nothing to show
Except all it had vowed to fight!

So the two kitties continued their power struggles,
And caused nothing significant but trouble.
The mean one wanted to grab the other's land
But it couldn't 'cause the other was just as bad.
None lived to see prosperity in their states -
They died.