O thou accursed Shinyanga! Thou has the gold and diamonds that has enriched many a foreigner while thy children wallow in abject poverty!
Where is thy wisdom O Shinyanga? How come thy aged mothers are butchered by their offspring on suspicion of being witches? Why do thy children raise their machetes against their own grandmothers rather than against those who are raping thee?
Where are thy leaders O Shinyanga? Where were they when Douglas Lake bought rights over areas that were being mined by thy own "Artisinal Miners"? Did they so much as inform thy sons and daughters that they were "buying rights" over the very land that received the blood when their umbilical chords were severed?
Who is holding your hands while they rape thee O Shinyanga? Thou art known to be peaceful, except when it comes to thy grandmothers. Is this peacefulness taken as weakness? Why has Douglas Lake bought and then sold rights over you without involving you O Shinyanga? Have you lost your voice?
The peanuts that Douglas Lake paid to officials in Dar, together with the many billions of shillings that Douglas Lake received when it sold its "rights over you" to Canaco Resources, should really have been yours. Why are foreigners reaching into your very womb for wealth that is not theirs, and without your consent? Why do they chase away, like dogs, your own offspring who are scratching the surface for only what they need to live on?
I weep for thee O Shinyanga! When they are done with thee, thou shalt remain a mutilated corpse. Thy dismembered parts will be littered with arsenic, mercury and the other poisons that they now use to purify what they scour from deep within you. Thy children, who have no say in this at all, will die from arsenic poisoning for many years after the plunderers have left.