Translation: Kisumu 100 - Suzanna Owiyo

"Kisumu 100" from the album "Mama Africa" (Original Lyrics)

By Suzanna Owiyo

Take me to see Kisumu
What can I do?
You have built Kisumu!

Take me on a tour of Kisumu
Kisumu is good, Kisumu
Take me on a tour of Kisumu

Take me to see our home
Kisumu is good, Kisumu
Take me to see our home

I’ll board a plane to take me over the lake
I’ll use a car to take me to the hill
I’ll use a motor car to take me to Kisumu
I’ll board a boat to take me over the lake
A motorbike taxi will take me to Kondele
It is I who wishes to go
No one is taking me there

You’ll remain there, my neighbour
You’ll remain there, my leader
You’ll remain there, my friend
You’ll remain there, my relative

Take me on a tour of Kisumu
Take me on a tour of Kisumu

Omena at Kibuye is tasty
Nile perch is tasty at Kibuye
Tilapia is really tasty at Manyatta
Dry tilapia is tasty at Nyawita

Take me on a tour of Kisumu
What can I do?
You have built Kisumu!

Take me on a tour of Kisumu
To the home of my mother
To the home of my father
Luo people, you are special
You have built Kisumu
I desire to go see Kisumu
I desire to go see Lolwe Island

Lake Victoria, the home of my mother
Lake Victoria, the home of my father
I desire to go see Kisumu
Let’s go and build Kisumu
Guests are welcome to Kisumu

Let’s also plant sugar cane and cotton
Let’s also farm sugar cane and cotton
So we can harvest well

I’ll board a plane to take me over the lake
I’ll use a car to take me to the hill
I’ll use a motor car to take me to Kisumu
I’ll board a boat to take me over the lake

A motorbike taxi will take me to Kondele
It is I who wishes to go
No one is taking me there

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