Funded by the Peter Cundill Foundation, Viewtone Achaga is a recipient of a CES Canada Leadership Scholarship. He is in the first year of the B.Sc. Degree Program at Nairobi University.
Leadership
In great ability lies responsibility
The vision bearer is a leader
The one who mobilizes doers
Burdened by the cares of seeing for other
Troubled by the problems of people
Hunger, poverty, health, education, justice
That person is a leader
Leadership rarely depends on gender
Taking on and challenging the status quo
Leaders are born, some are made
What matters is what they become
Every position and every capacity of service is
Leadership in one way or another
Those who spend sleepless nights
With interests of others on their mind
Motivating their every step and move
Like Moses and Aaron of Exodus long ago
Malik Khaemba of Ces-Kenya
Achaga Viewtone of the future
Those who identify and embrace positive change
The dynamics of life
Radical reformers like Dr. Martin Luther King
Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi,
True Shepherds of the flock
Rightful bearers of the banners
Champions of the weak
Those who have earned the mantle
Those with eyes to see, ears to hear
Those who distinguish sense from non-sense
True Leaders
Those who out of void create substance
Creating scholars from the humble in society
Who trigger motion from stagnation
Dares to mention the unmentionable
Calls a spoon by its name
One who is enslaved by reason and integrity
I am talking about a leader, are you?
Yes, a leader
Captive to the truth
One whose dignity is beyond reproach
Whether an individual or a group
Ces-Kenya/Canada and others
that embrace leadership, leading by example
Leadership, either created or born
The voice of the people
Who Cares
Does it really matter?
by:Viewtone Achaga
Ces-Kenya/Canada scholar
Universtiy of Nairobi 03/2016
