UGANDA 🇺🇬 -MY HOMELAND

UGANDA – MY HOMELAND.

A POEM WRITTEN IN CELEBRATION OF THE 60THANNIVERSARY OF UGANDAS INDEPENDENCE

Oh Uganda , Gods chosen pearl of Africa

From the highlands of mt Elgon in the east

To the snow capped Rwenzori highlands to the west

A beautiful land crisscrossed by the equator

And  endowed by the best climate the tropics can offer

Oh Uganda , my homeland

Oh Uganda , My homeland

A country composed of various ethnicities and tribes

Cultures so diverse and unique that cultural appreciation is the norm

The different dances, food , cultural ceremonies and of coursethe languages  

Luganda, Luo, RunyanKole, runyakitara , lusoga, amongst many others

All forming a diversity in speech that is representative of our African heritage

Oh Uganda , my homeland.

Oh Uganda , my homeland

The fertile soils that make us the food basket of the great lakes region

The soils from which our most valuable export coffee is grown

From the bounty harvests of tea, coffee , cotton, vanilla, oil palm

To amazing ankole long horned cattle .

Uganda , a country for whom, agriculture is the back borne of our economy

Oh Uganda , my homeland ,

Oh Uganda , my homeland

From the vibrant festivities during the day

The daily hustle and tussle on the streets of cities like Kampala, jinja, Mbarara and Mbale

To the ever electrifying and vibrant nightlife

that makes Kampala , a city that never  that sleeps

Oh Uganda , my homeland

Oh Uganda, my homeland

A land that has given birth to  great empires and societies

From the golden age of the Chwezi empire to the heights of kingdoms such as Buganda, Bunyoro , Ankole and Tooro.

Societies that introduced  technologies such as iron making , salt mining together with coffee growing in the great lakes region.

Kingdoms that developed into societies that define Uganda and the greater east African region to date

Oh Uganda, my homeland.

Oh Uganda, my homeland.

A land that has given birth to many greats over the years

From sporting legends such as Stephen Kiprotich , Joshua Cheptegei , John Aki-Bua  

Denis Onyango , Kassim Ouma and many others

an Oscar awarded actor in Daniel Kaluuya , influential persons on the global stage such as Winnie Banyinma , vanessa Nakate  

To prominent journalists such as Allan Kasujja and Nancy Kacungira

oh Uganda , my homeland.

Oh Uganda , my homeland

A land that stands for peace and hospitality

A statement backed up by the beaming smiles across the faces of the people

A country so welcoming that it provides sanctuary for millions of refuges

A country whose independence was through negotiation not conflict ,

a vivid testament of the peoples determination FOR PEACE

Oh Uganda , my homeland

Oh Uganda , my homeland

A country where God takes center stage

From A nation that promotes religious freedoms as enshrined in the constitution

To a nation that has sacrificed a lot in the name of faith

From the blood of our glorious martyrs to the courage of our religious leaders such as Janani Luwum

Oh Uganda, my homeland.

Written by Rugaba John Paul.