Voicing The People Poem by David N. Munene

I speak to the marginalized,
They that have specialized
These learned fellows; these as pupils categorized
Hear me oh ye elites,
Hark! Oh ye lighters of academic lights
Please listen to me, Madam Wanjiku dwelling in IDP slights
In this matter you are an Important Domineering Person
You get to choose your future, away from tents petty
Check if you qualify,
For only you can yourself nullify
If only you allow me, I hereby seek to clarify

This is the constitution that Kenyans have made
We will rejoice and be glad instead
Chapter 180 verse 1: And power shall reign in counties
With the election of 47 governors for each of the 47 counties
They that shall govern not the development speed
But ensure the will of the people is the sprouting seed
Amen, Amen, I tell you
Unless Harold Camping's prophecy is true
According to chapter 177 verse 1
A county assembly shall house elected ward gems
Holding office for no more than two terms

The Gospel according to the new constitution
Provides for all a new resolution
Chapter 97 Verse 1: two hundred and ninety seats
For each constituency in the National Assembly
Forty seven *Wanjikus* and *Aumas*
Shaping the destinies of their counties
Registered as voters they must be
Independent or as registered party nominees
Independent Senate aspirants with two thousand registered seals
Or two thousand for healers of National assembly ills

Forfeit membership in the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
Five years prior to election
Proven abuse of state or public authority
Insanity, bankruptcy and membership to county assembly
Will kill the dream before the dreamer sleeps
Ensure a decade of Kenyan citizenship before ballot heaps

Dear brethren, onto Chapter 136 verse 2 we cruise
Thus says the sovereignty of the people's choice
In the second Tuesday of August after half a decade
There shall be a contest sweeter than marmalade
Party nominees who qualify for parliamentary memberships
Independent candidates supported by two thousand county pen tips
Jealously sworn to no allegiance but ours
Subject to not public or state office hours
Sons and daughters of our Kenyan dusts in originality
Seeking to have the people test their viscosity
In bearing the fiery torch of presidency
Shall write their names in our electoral books of legacy

Power to the people
Power to the people
Power! To the people