From: odhiambo okecth

Africa must rise and shine.

We must re-live the dreams of our fathers,

The men who fought for our Independence.

We must rise and make Africa shine.

For so long we have been a Dark Continent,

and now, we are increasingly becoming The Dirty Continent.

Dark and Dirty,

Yet,

We have Leaders, Leaders who have refused to Dream for Africa.

Our Fathers dreamt for Africa,

Even if their dreams were never realized.

They were dreams.

Do we have dreamers now?

How many of us are dreaming big dreams for Africa?

What with the immense opportunities waste and garbage is presenting us?

Africa must rise and shine,

And we must dream huge dreams for Africa.

Africa must stop being small and intimidated,

Rooming the World with huge begging bowls,

At a time when all wee need is discipline,

Financial discipline to help manage the huge mineral resources we have in Africa.

Africa has enough wealth for all of us,

But she does not have enough wealth for the greed of our leaders.

Routinely we troop to the ballot,

Only to elect thieves, pimps, drug pushers and charlatans,

For our leaders.

Africa must rise and shine,

And we must start respecting the huge human resource we have.

Let us start new dreams for Africa,

Dreams that will see us clean our Cities and Towns.

dreams that will see us see Waste as huge Investment Opportunities.

Dreams that will help clean Africa of ineptness and impunity,

And usher in hope and satisfaction.

We must re-live the shuttered dreams of our Fathers.

We must have our own new dreams for Africa,

Not dreams to entrench impunity, greed and tribalism.

Those are worthless Dreams.

Oto