It’s absolutely amazing to be World Champions in something as awesome as Athletics. That’s what our beloved athletes did for Kenya at the World Cross Country (2010) in Poland.
Oh the joy, oh the pride! They’ve done us proud again, these sportsmen and women. At the same time our Rugby Team (Shujaa) was doing its thing at the Hong Kong Sevens. Now this may not have been the rosiest of their performances but this amazing team has accomplished feats that are nothing short of legendary, having beaten pretty much each of the big wigs at one time or another, and standing at number 7 overall in the world (was 6 till Hong Kong, but that’s temporary. We will triumph!)
Our rugby boys literary electrify Stadiums wherever they play with their pace and finesse, and send the crowds roaring, momentarily forgetting whom they should be cheering. We laud you, Shujaa, we laud you, our athletes!
And how can we forget our swimming Team that swept to number one in Africa overall with numerous medals to their name early this year! How can one not be proud to be Kenyan… Not to mention our Volleyball Teams that literally dominate the African scene...
You have to admit there’s something special about this land, something that must be nursed and released to thrive and become what it was always meant to be… a centre for excellence.
Was it a coincidence, do you think, that after the most painful period in our nation’s history, it was Kenya’s national anthem that played last at the Beijing Olympics as Wanjiru sprinted to the marathon victory…? Oh what vindication, what comfort, what honour…
I wonder how many more sportsmen and women are waiting in the wings out there, or how many more are yet to be born. All I know is, there’ll never lack a star, many stars infact, to represent and bring glory to this country, putting us squarely on the world’s map – for all the right reasons. And this, dear Kenyans, is how we must see our country, what we must nurse and protect, the togetherness, the excellence, the potential, the power within, through which we should all do our part to propel this great nation to triumphant heights.
It’s obvious we can dominate the World scene in whatever we aspire to. Let’s aspire to dominate in development, peace, fairness, equitableness, progress, prosperity… Can we maybe one day (soon) say, Kenya has the highest per capita income in the world? Think about that…
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