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*IF* THIS IS *DEMOCRACY* THEN *I DON'T WANT IT* If democracy means gunshots at night Fires in the streets And the women and children cry in screams Then I don't want it If democracy means Queuing in peace with strangers to vote Then locking myself in the house in fear for days Then I don't want it If democracy means Some citizens celebrating at KICC And other citizens can't help but bleed Then I don't want it If democracy means Me blocking my Facebook friends Because we can't chat without political insults Then I don't want it If democracy means Half of the country gloating their man has won And another seeks revenge cause their man has lost Then I don't want it If democracy means The friends I have made over the years Become my enemies every five years Then I don't want it If democracy means A biased media that tells the story of one side of Kenya And ignores the other side of Kenya Then I don't want it If democracy means Me supporting my candidate no matter the wrongs he or she does And you defending your candidate even if he or she is a criminal Then I don't want it If democracy means Me using God's name in vain Claiming my candidate is God's choice and yours is the devil's Then I don't want it If democracy means Pastors losing integrity to support a candidate And we lose our soul in the name of corruption Then I don't want it If democracy Will keep away good leaders from stepping up Because they fear how dirty politics is Then I don't want it If democracy Means a game of losers and winners Yet we are all in this country together Then I don't want it If democracy means Opportunistic people coming to beg for our vote Then they ignore us and plunder for five years Then I don't want it If democracy Will divide us into tribes and economic classes And make me see people as statistics Then I don't want it If democracy Will make me less loving And I with the majority lord over the minority Then I don't want it The system of Government I want Is love, equity, progress and togetherness I want the social aspect we Africans used to have Before we were introduced to a system of winners and losers And don't tell me about America Don't tell me we compare ourselves with America We didn't gain our independence to be copy cats We gained our independence so that each one of us can enjoy this country If one of us feels less of a Kenyan Then we have failed as a nation (not.mine. but writer asked for secrecy)
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