A renowned Kikuyu musician has released a hard-hitting song against President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government over what he terms as atrocities against the human race in the name of profiteering the rich at the expense of the poor.
Muigai wa Njoroge starts his Ino Migunda music video with heartbreaking scenes and cries from women who were evicted from the controversial Kariobangi sewerage land.
In what looks like a deep reflection of the Kenyan politics in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Muigai highlights what many would wish to say but lack the courage to.
In his chorus, he scolds the so-called dynasties saying a time will come when the oppressed will rise against the oppressors who have held the country captive for so long.
He says when that time comes, the oppressors will be chased from their homes and all the way from Kabarak to Nyahururu the poor will rise up and divide land equally among themselves.
“I’m here to say what you don’t like to hear, your lineage of oppressors and power inheritors, you who don’t know the meaning of hunger but we are now aware of your tricks and moves ”
“You have demolished houses belonging to the poor in Kariobangi despite the coronavirus pandemic and heavy rainfall. What is that urgency that you want to construct which can’t wait? Some deeds are even beyond the devil’s imagination!” sings Muigai.
Using images and videos from the Jubilee campaigns, he showcases how leaders spent millions of money on buying branded campaign materials such as caps and t-shirts but they would not manage to give free face masks to the poor who can’t afford them.
“Flour is priority to the poor as opposed to masks and landlord is knocking at the door for rent while you are enjoying KSh 4 million tea, I’m not sure but coronavirus is here to enrich some people,” he says.
While using Ruto’s image, Muigai says when a peasant’s son or daughter gets rich, they are branded a thief but when dynasties loot they are said to have inherited.
He goes ahead to highlight the various unfavorable economic regimes that he has survived with each one of them promising to change the lives of the populace but all turn out to be lies.
“You went to Kikuyu to tarnish kind deeds done by the peasant’s son, you followed him to kill your people, you value power more than our lives,
“When you are in offices busy attending to your duties and regularly checking your account balances, it’s always prudent to ask yourself the fate of your children so as to ensure you don’t loot and leave yours in the hands of idiots and drunks,” he says.
Using images of the evicted residents of Ruai, Muigai finishes his song saying tears of the poor are a time bomb and they can easily bring up drunkards “who will squander your wealth” in reference to the offsprings of the dynasties.
