What dictionary shall we use?
To define corruption
What key do we need?
To open gate that we may see
The meaning of corruption
I look upon Uganda
The land I called home
Where not only men are corrupt
But also cows and dogs
Grasses and winds inclusive
Tell nobody that I wrote this poem
If I'm proved, I'd be killed quietly
For the head is corrupt
The ministers wear the same colour
The guns and chalks are corrupt
The infants and gray head too
And here the rich are rich
The poor are poor
They die...
Of malaria...
Because they can't afford medication
Why should we?
Why is there no drug
In the clinics
But bullets and tears gas
Over loaded in stores
Oh my God, my God
Heal Uganda,
Touch her with your right hand
That one day we be free
Of this disease; corruption
And Uganda...
Shall be a land that all the people
Will plant seeds for the future.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem