Stella Nyanzi’s lips are still free

by B. R. GOWANI

Prison officers assist Stella Nyanzi before her appearance in court on May 10. She was suffering from malaria PHOTO/Betty Ndagire/Daily Monitor/Erasing 76 Crimes

“What other avenues do we have left to us?”
“We don’t have guns or money” so can’t fuss
“can still write and think and insult and abuse”
so Stella Nyanzi does just that to spread her views

Ugandan girls miss school because sanitary pads they lack
through crowdfunding, Nyanzi is raising a huge money stack
Museveni had promised pads to schools free of charge
but the education minister said: can’t afford, amount too large

President Museveni is in power for the last 31 years
but to hear any criticism, he hasn’t trained his ears
for him, homosexuality is “unnatural” and “disgusting” are gays
this Christian has reserved for God all his praise

Nyanzi called Museveni a “pair of buttocks,” so right
Butts backed by US Christian fanatics can’t be a knight
Nyanzi’s bravery reminds of Faiz’s poem, “Speak” – lips are free
let’s hope, Nyanzi’s daring words make Museveni in his pants pee

B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com

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