To Ruhanga

Today I choose to pray for my country Uganda!

I cry out to Ruhanga – the God of Uganda

May You raise up godly men and women

To invest their time and energy

In the  leadership of our nation.

 

May You clear the minefields of doubt

May You assemble an army of righteous might

To fight-

Tribalism, bitterness and  gloat

To resist –

Laziness, palliation and hate

O Ruhanga

May You bless us with rain,

Inconvenience us with truth

Challenge us with opportunities

Encourage us with ideas

Unrest us with innovation

Convict us with education -

 

May You prune the branches of idleness,

Weed out the disease of nepotism,

Inculcate in us a spirit of hard work

Guide us into good neighbourliness,
Entice us with the rewards of reconciliation
Lead us from the lust of vengeance


O Ruhanga
May You revamp in us -
The passion for  cleanliness,
The desire for righteousness
The craving for lawfulness
And the addiction to justice


May You invigorate in us,
A spirit of perseverance,
And a search for good governance
Expell the cankerworm
That has destroyed our Ubuntu
Restore what the locusts of greed and ignorance
Have eaten and crippled
Replenish the resources of  hope
Rebuild the faith of a better tomorrow
Castigate the doubting Thomases
Melt the mountains of impossibles
Bless the handiwork of honesty
Multiply the sweat of ingenuity
Deceive the corrupt to their doom
And raise honest children to their bloom


O Ruhanga
Today I pray
Remember this nation
This pearl of Africa –

O Uganda

May Ruhanga continue to Uphold thee!

 Amen!!

 D.R.Ruhweza
February 3, 2012