Col James Kaija has today penned a poem titled In Memory of Our Hero – Brig Taban Kyabihende’ who was buried last week. Brig Taban was Uganda’s Defence Attach in Kinshasa.
In Memory of Our Hero Brig Taban Kyabihende
We bade farewell to a hero on 11 August 2017, with pain in our hearts.
When a mortal puts his own on the line, with no gold or silver awaited in return
What more can a nation offer in memory of heros but unending tears and anguish
From a youthful era sacrificed at the altar of liberation
Thru a tumultous adulthood interspersed with bombs, bullets and the
smell of cordite
To conclusion of a life cut short by pain and departure.
What gains for an ordinary soul
Maybe intangible, maybe negligible…
To a revolutionary, to wit Taban, a legacy engraved in eternal stone.
A legacy unchangeable, a history irreversible!
Rest in peace Comrade
Your reward, the Peace we savour.
We will keep you alive,
Forever in our hearts.
James Kaija
Col
