{"id":41070,"date":"2019-04-23T19:10:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41070"},"modified":"2019-04-23T19:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:18:22","slug":"the-local-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/the-local-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"The local hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six days it took him<br \/>\nFrom 6 to six<br \/>\nIn a raging heat<br \/>\nWith spade<br \/>\n and picks<br \/>\nNicholas Muchemi<br \/>\nA labourer he<br \/>\nRebuilt a road<br \/>\nDiligently<\/p>\n<p>It seems a landowner<br \/>\nDecided that they<br \/>\nThe people were using his land<br \/>\nAnd did say<br \/>\nI must block it off<br \/>\nFind another way<br \/>\nDown to the store<br \/>\nGet someone to pay<\/p>\n<p>They lived on a hill<br \/>\nThe shops down below<br \/>\nThe church and the school<br \/>\nAnd the way to go<br \/>\nWas now so much longer<br \/>\nSo what Nicholas thought<br \/>\nWas he would build the road<br \/>\nAnd it wasnt that short<\/p>\n<p>At least kilometre in the hot sun<br \/>\nIn Kaganda Kenya<br \/>\nAnd when That was done<br \/>\nHe knew How important<br \/>\nIts was and so he<br \/>\nIs thought about well<br \/>\nIn the community<\/p>\n<p>Its was his assignment<br \/>\nHis labour of love<br \/>\nA valiant effort<br \/>\nSeen from above<br \/>\nA real pioneer<br \/>\nIn a go ahead way<br \/>\nTo just make a difference<br \/>\nStarting from the day<\/p>\n<p>They now need to gravel it<br \/>\nThat can be done<br \/>\nThe struggle was worth it<br \/>\nAnd it was fun<br \/>\nIt got him involved<br \/>\nUnder the sun<br \/>\nA deep understanding<br \/>\nAn expression of care<br \/>\nAn all their effusiveness<br \/>\nHe felt it there<\/p>\n<p>I mean its impressive<br \/>\nAnd dignified<br \/>\nOne man on his own<br \/>\nHis dramatic side<br \/>\nOn show to the world<br \/>\nReaching across the sea<br \/>\nVia the internet<br \/>\nWhere its reached me<\/p>\n<p>Well done Nicholas fantastic work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six days it took him From 6 to six In a raging heat With spade and picks Nicholas Muchemi A labourer he Rebuilt a road Diligently It seems a landowner Decided that they The people were using his land And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/the-local-hero\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,36,54,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-indigenous-people","category-people-i-have-observed","category-topical-news-stories-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41070"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41076,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41070\/revisions\/41076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}