By Valentine Provide Makota, former Junior Member of Parliament for Bikita South

Fellow 04s, fellow young Bikitarians, it’s about time, yes we can!

Just as we’re united by that 04 prefix on our IDs, it’s possible to confront our common challenges as a united young people.

Yes we can rise above the Eastern, Western and Southern political boundaries imposed on us.

Yes we can unite in our diversity towards a Bikita we all want!

Yes we can peacefully come together regardless of our political, social, economic and religious opinions.

Yes we can renew broken dreams, after all dreams are renewable no matter what.

Yes we can redirect our frustrations and disappointment towards fighting poverty, our common enemy.

Yes we can refuse to let history judge for folding our hands and expecting anyone besides ourselves to build a Bikita We All Want .

Yes we can refuse to have a blue or red Bikita, a West or South Bikita, a Catholic or Pentecostal Bikita, a political party c and political party D Bikita

Yes we can be the torch bearers, the chosen ones, the history makers, the ambassadors of peace, the role models of generations to come!

Yes can we rise above hate, rise above our sad past, rise above different academic backgrounds.

From ward 1 to ward 32, It’s about time we join hands as the young people, in a non-partisan, peaceful, economic & social struggle for the Bikita We All Want.

Towards a United Bikita!