Read this poem and learn something crucial compare it to Tanzanian situation nowdays

[AMANI NYAJIEGO]

A man of the people
Enters his office
to sit on the throne
of Party and State,
His stick of power
Across the table.

He looks into the files
To see the demands
Of the millions of people
Who for years since Uhuru
Have just managed to survive
They ring out one message
Man of the people
You have always been telling us
What we need…
Health centres,
More schools,
Clean water,
Better transport facilities,
Better living conditions.

Do you plead incapable
To bring about development?

I declare running
Better than walking
For a young and poor country;
I plead fighting underdevelopment
Tougher than fighting
A wounded buffalo
With a pocket knife;
I plead underdevelopment
Stronger than the blows of the sea
When the hurricane is at its height.

I plead fighting underdevelopment
Tougher than combating colonialism;
I see that it’s more difficult
To maintain peace
Than to stop a coup d’état.

I plead the cry
Of the nation
More painful than the yell
Of a woman
As her husband dies in sickness;
It’s more painful than the screams
Of a man
Dying in agony
In the coils of the greatest python
Found in the African forest.

How is development
To be brought brother
When the people to whom
We have entrusted power
Are corrupt?

I plead the stomachs
Of the privileged few
Greater than the Rift-Valley;
They cannot be satisfied
With a normal share.

I plead the thirst
Of the minority
Greater than that of the Sahara;
No rain can quench it.

I reckon the minority
More sensitive to egoism
Than to National Development
Nothing that is not theirs
Is of any interest.

Their response to egoism,
Is faster than camera film to light
But as slow as tropism
To nation-building.

The majority plead
Exploited,
Cheated,
Disregarded,
But, brother,
How is development to come?

 

[kamwamu]

A man of the people
Enters his office
to sit on the throne
of Party and State,
His stick of power
Across the table.

He looks into the files
To see the demands
Of the millions of people
Who for years since Uhuru
Have just managed to survive
They ring out one message
Man of the people
You have always been telling us
What we need…
Health centres,
More schools,
Clean water,
Better transport facilities,
Better living conditions.

Do you plead incapable
To bring about development?

I declare running
Better than walking
For a young and poor country;
I plead fighting underdevelopment
Tougher than fighting
A wounded buffalo
With a pocket knife;
I plead underdevelopment
Stronger than the blows of the sea
When the hurricane is at its height.

I plead fighting underdevelopment
Tougher than combating colonialism;
I see that it’s more difficult
To maintain peace
Than to stop a coup d’état.

I plead the cry
Of the nation
More painful than the yell
Of a woman
As her husband dies in sickness;
It’s more painful than the screams
Of a man
Dying in agony
In the coils of the greatest python
Found in the African forest.

How is development
To be brought brother
When the people to whom
We have entrusted power
Are corrupt?

I plead the stomachs
Of the privileged few
Greater than the Rift-Valley;
They cannot be satisfied
With a normal share.

I plead the thirst
Of the minority
Greater than that of the Sahara;
No rain can quench it.

I reckon the minority
More sensitive to egoism
Than to National Development
Nothing that is not theirs
Is of any interest.

Their response to egoism,
Is faster than camera film to light
But as slow as tropism
To nation-building.

The majority plead
Exploited,
Cheated,
Disregarded,
But, brother,
How is development to come?

To sum up the content of your poem, african leaders have sweet words when they speak to their people, and facial expressions revails the same. But in their hearts, in their minds, have no specific development plans for them. Only thinking how to use these people as bridges for their own benefits.

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[joshydama]

Most African leaders are liers, they don't walk their talk, For instance, during election campaigns they promise lots of things to do once they are in power. But after getting what they want, nothing will be implemented.