MOTHER SOMALIA AND HER BABY-GOVERNMENT ARE TALKING. THE GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS FORMED IN NBAGATHI KENYA LAST YEAR HAS BECOME SICK SOON AS IT WAS RELOCATED TO SOMALIA.

SHE WAS THE EXPECTANT
SHE WAS PREGNANT
SHE WAS MY MOTHER
SHE WAS THIN AND TALL
SHE SUFFERED DEPLETION
INSIDE HER WOMB
AN UNBORN LIVED
I GREW UP IN HER BODY
I FELT THE SPACE NARROW
I DEMANDED A RELEASE
NINE MONTHS LATER
THE CARGO WAS DISCHARGED
A BABY-GIRL WAS BORN
SHE WAS AN AFRICAN
SHE WAS A SOMALI
SHE WAS ME, MYSELF
MY NAME IS JAMILA
I CAME OUT CRYING
BUT UNLIKE OTHER BABIES
I CRIED WITHOUT TEARS
MY EYES WERE DRY
BUT MY MOTHER WAS HAPPY
SHE SUCCEEDED THIS TIME
SHE CONCEIVED MANY TIMES BEFORE
BUT FAILED TO CARRY IT OFF
HER PREGNANCIES ENDED IN ABORTION
MOM WAS TIRED OF STILL BIRTHS
FORTUNATELY I CAME OUT ALIVE
I WAS DELIVERED IN MBAGATHI OUTPATIENT
MY RIGHT TO LIVE IS TO DIE AT AGE FIVE
I AM ONLY ONE YEAR OLD NOW
MY HEALTH CONDITION IS DETERIORATING
MY CONTRACT WITH LIFE IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE
I ASKED MOM TO TAKE ME BACK TO HER WOMB
I'M SURE SHE SHALL GIVE ME PROTECTION

"JUST WAIT" MOTHER REPLIED
YOU HAVE 50-50 CHANCES OF SURVIVAL
YOU WERE BORN WITH SOME BIRTH DEFECTS
YOU HAVE AILMENTS OF SEVER MAGNITUDE
YOU ARE SUFERING FROM MALNUTRITION
WITH TIME YOU WILL GET HEALED, BABY
YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT AND STRENGTH
BUT YOU MUST TAKE DRUGS SERIOUSLY
YOU MUST TAKE STEPS VERY CAREFULLY
IF NOT, I MOST LIKELY LOSE YOU
I AM YOUR MOTHER. I AM SOMALIA
YOU ARE MY SICK BABY GOVERNMENT
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER
FAR BEYOND YOUR LIFE-SPAN
PLEASE MOVE TOWARDS PEACE
JOIN THE MOGADISHU GROUP
STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND
OFFER PEACE AND LOVE
MOVE ON. DON'T LOOK BACK