I am proud of my grandma,
She made me a story teller,
She talked sense,
She was not mean with stories,
Her stories were about life.
Her children used to visit her,
I mean my uncle's and aunt's,
Also my cousins,
And grandchildren and great grandchildren,
They came and went.
But what did they give my grandma?
Some came to bring her their problems?
I won't dwell on them.
Since they didn't give her anything.
Some came for their yearly visit.
Should I talk about them?
Oh yes.
Coz they gave her something.
Those days we did not have mobile phones,
Imagine staying a whole year,
Without seeing or talking with your mother.
That is not the issue.
Then you pay her a visit.
Will you give her a hundred shillings?
Only an insane person will do that.
When my grandma visitors would leave,
She could ask, 'a hundred shillings for a whole year?"
I eat it for a whole year,
I buy clothes with it,
But which dress is a hundred?
But it's okay.
But others came regularly,
With dresses and a thousand note,
Those ones she spat on her chest,
And said, "Ngai akurathime."
Even in their absence she kept mentioning them.
She taught me a big lesson,
What we give can make us be favored.
Those who gave her peanut,
Did not get maize from her garden,
Beans and njahi were not for them,
What do you give?
Can it make you be remembered?
Ruto, the president came in our village,
In search of votes,
The villagers came in large numbers,
To see him,
And perhaps get something from him.
But a young girl came with a rabbit,
To gift him.
Who will Ruto remember in our village?
Who can Ruto favor in our village?
If Ruto was to nominate from our village,
Who can he nominate?
Before you say,
'The governor is favoring her friends'
Examine, "What have you given her?"
Did you fund her campaigns?
To be favored you must give,
And not just giving but giving the best.
Even God doesn't favor people from nowhere,
Malachi One says so,
You must give the best,
Not the lame,
Not the blind,
Not the sick,
But something of value.
If grandma could not speak blessings,
For one hundred shillings,
Can governor favor it?
Can God approve it?
