Brig Taban, a legacy engraved in stone – Col James Kaija

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