Ngale ntsasa, ndifike kwindawo apho ndingavumi ukuthenga kwincwadi yokudlala yabo babangela isiphithiphithi, ukudideka, kwaye ngoku ngokuchithwa kweenkqubo zethu zikarhulumente ezifana ne-USAID, siza kubonwa lihlabathi njengelizwe lobutyebi namandla agwebe ukufa kwabantwana nabantu abagulayo. Siye savumela amazwi ethu ukuba ahlale cwaka ngelixa le henchman ezimiseleyo yezopolitiko kwaye ibekwe ngobuqhetseba iguqula ilizwe lethu libe yintlekisa. Siphulukene nokuthembeka kwethu kwaye siye sanikezela kulawulo lobuzwilakhe lwabo bondla inkanuko yabo ngegunya nobutyebi.
Baye babonisa isandla sabo, kwaye i-ajenda yabo ayikho yokuziphatha, ukuziphatha, okanye imfesane. Ndiyakwazi ukuva umakhulu wam esithi nge-accent yakhe yaseJamaica, ukuba “nale nto iya kudlula”, kodwa ukutshatyalaliswa kunye nobusela okwenzekayo okwangoku, kuya kubuyisela indaleko yethu yokomoya ngakumbi kunokuba ndinokucinga. Lixesha lokuba sihlolisise apho sikhoyo kwaye sibe nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wendawo esifuna kwaye sifuna ukuba kuyo njengesizwe. Sinesiphiwo ukuba siyayisebenzisa, ukuvuselela ukuthanda kwethu izwe, ukuthatha kwethu inxaxheba kwibala loluntu ukukhusela imigaqo yoMgaqo-siseko wethu, ukuphinda simisele onke amasebe kunye neenkqubo ezixhasa indlela yethu yokuphila ngenjongo yokuphucula nokumisela la maqumrhu ukuze angatshatyalaliswa okanye aphathwe nguye nabani na othatha indawo yokuhlala kwiNdlu ye-White.
Singamalungu “oMbutho weHlabathi”, kwaye oko sikwenzayo kunye noko thina umlomo kuchaphazela kwaye kuchaphazela wonke umntu. Yi-“degrees ezintandathu zomthetho wokwahlukana”, sidibene kwaye sixhomekeke omnye komnye. Ngoko ke, sifuna i-ajenda yethu, kwaye kufuneka siqulunqe isicwangciso sethu sokuba yintoni esiza kuyibonakalisa kwaye siyi-actualize njengombono wethu weDemokhrasi esiwuchazayo kwaye sinenjongo yokugunyazisa. Idemokhrasi yethu ayiseyiyo into yokulinga enokuthengwa okanye iphathwe. Sinoxanduva “Lokuma”, Thetha”, kwaye “Bonisa” ukukhusela indlela yethu yokuphila. Sibona i-“Wake Up Call”! Umbuzo ngulo, “ngaba siya kuphendula “Umnxeba”? Asinakukhetha!
Khumbula nje, njengoko ookhokho bam babecula ekufuneni kwabo inkululeko,-
“Sifike kude kakhulu, Nkosi, indlela ende kakhulu,
Sithwale imithwalo ebushushwini bemini,
Kodwa siyazi ukuba iNkosi yenze indlela,
Siye safika kude, Nkosi, indlela ende enokwenzeka.
Ndiyabava becula – “
Sifike kude kangaka ngokholo”
Ukuxhomekeka eNkosini,
Ukukholosa NgeLizwi Lakhe Elingcwele,
Akazange asisilele -okwangoku.
Singin” oh, oh, ayikwazi ukujika,
Siye safika kude kangaka ngokholo.
Ezi ngoma ziyingqondi eyakhupha abantu bam ebukhobokeni enkululekweni. Ndimi kwezi zithembiso ndiqonda ukuba ukuba ndenza indima yam, “Umoya Omkhulu” uya kuthatha ivili!

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