NSAC21 POEM: "SAY IT ALL" by KAGORO ENOCK, S.5 Lubiri Secondary School.
SAY IT ALL! Wait! Do I need to say it all? Do I need to tell you how I became jobless? When the pot-bellied officer rolled and scolded me To bring a khaki envelope for an interview? Do I even need to say it all? When the officer in a whitish attire Made a wink at the intoxicated driver And how the vehicle rolled into the valley minutes later! Sad, tens of lives demised. No, I don’t need to say it all! Do I need to tell you how the court dismissed Mukasa’s land case? For he had no saliva to escort his plea! I definitely don’t need to tell you everything. Do I need to tell the youth how to slay corruption? Do I need to tell you how you can be a voice! How we can report the vice without fear Kill the vice by being an example Refuse bribes and give information SEE it, CONDEMN it, REPORT it! Where do we report anyway? When the man in office is busy asking How he is to gain from it But wait! Do I need to tell you how the youth have laboured? How they have been suppressed! Or...