10| Wakenya Pamoja for Peace - Various Artists Music producer R.Kay brought together Kenyan artistes from various sides of the musical divide for this song that promotes togetherness in the country.
9| Harambee Harambee - Daudi Kabaka A Kenyan classic by a Kenyan legend.
8| Najivunia Kuwa Mkenya - Trapee and Avril Who can ever forget the Najivunia Kuwa Mkenya campaign by then government spokesman Alfred Mutua? Did you know that Trapee and Avril released an Ogopa DJs produced song by the same title?
7| Tushangilie Kenya - Mwalimu Thomas Wasonga Ogola This is a song by Wasonga, a music veteran who in 2013 was awarded a Brand Kenya Ambassador award for upholding national values althougth he has come under fire in various quarters for his songs in praise of former President Moi.
6| Coming Home - Nameless The lyrics, the video, the voice, the video, the lyrics, the video…okay the rugby players! This is in my view Nameless' best work yet.
There's nothing sweeter or more superior Than to know where you are from And represent your home
5| Kenya Nchi Yangu - Kakai Kilonzo Everyone knows this song, it has such a catchy and memorable tune and every Independence Day morning, this, among others, is what all the local television stations play before the live coverage of the national celebrations. Kakai Kilonzo takes us back down memory lane with a video of the milestones of our country; from political to sports and infrastructure.
4| My Land Is Kenya - Roger Whittaker Kenyan/British singer, songwriter and musician Roger Whittaker sang My Land Is Kenya on his 1984 album A Musical Safari. He exhibits his famous baritone and whistling- which in another countdown take him straight to number one- in this song.
You only got one mama You only got one pa You only got one life to live No matter who you are You can go the whole world over Every city has its dawn But everybody liveth has one place where he was born
And mine is Kenya, so warm and wild and free You'll always stay with me here in my heart My land is Kenya, right from your highlands to the sea You'll always stay with me here in my heart, here in my heart.
3| Kenya Only - Eric Wainaina In 1996 the United Nations Drug Control Programme commissioned Get in the Driver's Seat, a song Wainaina performed in, for an anti-drug campaign. This got him in the activism and social concern that has become characteristic of his music. Wainaina's song Kenya Only, also released in Swahili as Mkenya Daima, catapulted him into national fame and was adopted as the unofficial mourning song after the August 1998 terrorist bombing in Nairobi.
2| Mungu Baba - Rufftone and The GSU After the 2007/2008 post-election violence, gospel artist Rufftone, real name Roy Smith Mwatia, was inspired to write a song preaching peace, love and unity ahead of the March 2012 elections. He did the video with the GSU choir and National Youth Orchestra of Kenya.
1| The National Anthem O God of All Creation is notably one of the first national anthems to be specifically commissioned. It was originally composed in Swahili- Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu- by locals who based it on a Pokomo lullaby. Its lyrics express our deepest convictions and aspirations as a people.
O God of all creation Bless this our land and nation Justice be our shield and defender May we dwell in unity Peace and liberty Plenty be found within our borders