Jack Shaka's Writings
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Article
Jan.31.2009
Africa News www.africanews.com
A few hours ago we celebrated the new year with pomp and colour.Here in Bonn, it was the fireworks that were the hallmark of the night.As i sat by the window watching this amazing fireworks,i thought of the Crisis in DRC,the tension in Somalia,the horror in Gaza,endless struggles in the Sudan,the death toll in Afghanistan and it made me realise that ,we have come...
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Article
Jan.31.2009
Africa News www.africanews.com
Dear Raila, We have been with you right from the beginning. We watched you get incarcerated and felt the pain your family went through. We told your wife to be strong and hold court. Before you, we were beside your father - Jaramogi. We were with him up to the end. Or have you forgotten?We were with you when you vied for the presidency for the first time. WE...
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Article
Jan.31.2009
Africa News www.africanews.com
The post election violence that rocked Kenya in 2007/2008 is still fresh in peoples' minds. When people took to the streets to protest what seemed like an unfair election. Then the battles followed between the people and the police. The ethnic tension that erupted can not be forgotten.People turned against their brothers and killed them. Children were killed in a...
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Article
Jan.31.2009
Africa News www.africanews.com
A politician is like a chameleon. They metamorphose so quickly. In 2002, we voted in Kibaki thinking that we are eliminating a dictatorship in the name of the Moi regime.Instead, after getting into power, the Kibaki regime did the unthinkable and the media got its shock when the Standard Group (Publishes The Standard Newspaper and runs KTN-Kenya Television...
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Poem
Jan.31.2009
Africa News www.africanews.com
Lord...Look at us and have pity on usChildren are dying of hungerOur outstretched hands are tiredThe boreholes are dry
The deaths are too many nowThe fires one after the otherClaiming and engulfingTaking all we loveOne after the other
The rivers have dried tooLike the dead in the firesA long time agoDon't let us perishAs these ones have
The sun is scorchingAnd...
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Poem
Jan.27.2009
The Resonance
You lie as if i see not
You lie as if i hear not
You lie as if i know not
You lie as always
You lie,you lie
Come to me now
In this beautiful green land
Come and confess
The lies eat you
And leave you empty
You lie,you lie
You are now empty
Like the drums i see
Like a life taken
Empty you lie
You lie,you lie
Come to me now
Hands out and...
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About Jack
From Kenya-Published Poet and Writer.Shaka has diverse interests.He has done several documentary films and is an expert in peace,conflict resolution,peace building and democratic governance.
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Forgotten-On the famine that ravaged Kenya in 2009...
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