Verse 1

Umoja ni fahari yetu

Undugu ndio nguvu
Chuki na ukabila
Hatutaki hata kamwe

Lazima tuungane, tuijenge nchi yetu
Pasiwe hata mmoja
Anaetenganisha


Chorus


Naishi, Natumaini,
Najitolea daima Kenya,
Hakika ya bendera

Ni uthabiti wangu
Nyeusi ya wananchi na nyekundu ni ya damu
Kijani ni ya ardhi, nyeupe ya amani

Daima mimi mkenya
Mwananchi mzalendo


Verse 2

Kwa uchungu na mateso

Kwa vilio na uzuni
Tulinyakuliwa Uhuru
na mashujaa wa zamani

Hawakushtushwa na risasi
au kufungwa gerezani
Nia yao ukombizi kuvunja pingu za ukoloni


Repeat Chorus


Verse 3

Wajibu wetu

Ni Kuishi kwa upendo
Kutoka ziwa Mpaka pwani
Kaskazini na kusini


Repeat Chorus


Translation

Unity is our pride, brotherhood our strength,

Hate and tribalism, we do not want at all,
We have to unite, to build our country,
Let there be no-one, who will pull us apart.


(chorus)


I live, I hope, I sacrifice forever for Kenya,
Surely as the flag is my fortress,
Black is for the people,red is for the blood,

Green is for the land, white is for the peace,
Forever i am Kenyan, a patriotic citizen.


In pain and suffering, in cries and agony,
Our freedom was grabbed for us by the heroes of old,
They were not deterred by the bullets, or even the the imprisonments,

Their aim was redemption, breaking the colonial shackles.

(...chorus)


Now our obligation and responsibility, is to live in love,
From the lake to the sea, from the North to the South.