{"id":9488,"date":"2021-11-10T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/poem-clique-of-thieves"},"modified":"2021-11-11T16:31:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:31:56","slug":"poem-clique-of-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/poem-clique-of-thieves","title":{"rendered":"Poem \u2013 Clique of thieves!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Clique of thieves! Usually gifted with oratory skills They can even convince an Eskimo to buy ice And they can easily be mistaken for saints With their humble disposition<\/p>\n

But who are they? They\u2019re a clique of thieves Charlatans masquerading to be skillful Enough to turn our fortunes around And yet they\u2019re hell-bent on looting our resources<\/p>\n

Clique of thieves They embezzled social cash transfer Meant for the poor And misappropriated COVID-19 funds Clique of thieves They\u2019re bandits clad in suits<\/p>\n

That contracted projects at inflated prices And got cuts from the Presidential jet, ambulances, fire tenders Clique of thieves They\u2019re heartless gangsters<\/p>\n

That tormented citizens with gassing And brought misery upon marketeers by burning markets Clique of thieves They\u2019re plunderers That ransacked our gold in Mwinilunga<\/p>\n

Looted our copper at KCM And devoured the black mountain in Kitwe Clique of thieves They\u2019re ruthless individuals That supplied expired condoms and drugs to hospitals And closed The Post newspaper, Prime TV and Komboni Radio Let\u2019s smoke them out of the tribe!<\/p>\n

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