By Jally Kihara
Eleven students drawn from the Student Governing Council and the
students body are scheduled to visit the Ministry of Higher Education
and the Helb offices on Monday, 30th April 2012, to make a follow-up on
the possible date of disbursing finances to the continuing students.
The group will be equipped with a list of signatures collected
from students who feel affected by the changed academic dates and their
continued stay in the university will be impossible without the Helb
funding.
The office of dean of students is fully aware of the move
and he approved the group’s proposed budget to enhance their mission.
This action has been prompted by news that the much awaited funds might
not be released any time soon which would make lives unbearable
especially to those who depend entirely on Helb to pay fee and get money
for upkeep.
However, the Muso chairman Mr. Doghana is not
comfortable with the approach towards the current crisis citing that the
pathway of the issue might not go well with the university’s
leadership.
HARMONIZATION OF PRICES
The continued
outcry by comrades about the hiked prices of items within campus has
finally impelled the chairman to act on the issue.
Mr. Doghana
has promised that the exploitative merchants around campus must
shelve their greed if they are to continue conducting their businesses
in the Muso premises.
Doghana expressed his dissatisfaction over
the overcharging that goes on in these shops which are owned by the
directors and he’s expected to hold a consultative meeting with
comrades today to chat the way forward.
The campus shops are
selling at prices which are much higher than those at stage, for example
1kg of Mumias sugar retails at Ksh 160/= at Soweto shop while the same
goes at Ksh. 140/= at Reliance Supermarket.
Also , according
to contractual agreement between the Chips cafés owners and the finance
director , chips are supposed to retail at an average price of
Ksh.60/=, all conditions taken care of, but chips has continuously been
retailed at Ksh. 70/=.
Though this is a free market, it is
unacceptable for the few to exploit innocent consumers and it is high
time measures be put in place to control the pricing.
The move
by the chairman to have campus pricing controlled is welcome. He has
also hinted to table a dossier on who owns which shop.
Friday, April 27, 2012
DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE...PART 2
By Mercy Tracy
SHUGA… love, sex, money…
Last week I maintained a stern stand on our way of viewing love in our society today and how I believe it should be. Well, I was bound to get critism from that but I still believe that our campus needs to be told the truth on how things should be. Today I get deeper into more from my inspiration which is the recent programme SHUGA… love, sex, money.
Our society is decaying in such a way that motherhood has lost meaning. The Holy Book states so clearly that there is time for everything. If we did the right thing at the right time, abortion would be a forgotten term. Just a few weeks ago, a baby was rescued having dog bites! Children are a blessing and the flowers of the society. It pains me when people refer to pregnancy as ‘ball’. Surely, how can we compare a life with something that has no life? This is lack of respect for human life! No wonder it is so easy to abort because it is seen as simply ‘removing the ball’.
Here comes the most pissing issue… Love for money! Well, I agree that money is necessary for survival in today’s society for it is required even while obtaining basic needs but enyewe tumezidi! In campus, most of us are not working so it is absurd to expect the person you are dating to support all your needs. Am not saying that you cannot aid each other at times of need or when having fun but what I am not for is the idea that since I am dating you, you expect me to be the provider or ‘source’.
Most of us depend on HELB for our upkeep and so the other party should understand enough as to be willing to contribute for food if you cook together. I have talked on this issue mainly because most of my male friends are complaining especially because we are on our worst semester where we don’t have HELB. My dear girlfriends, please let us date for reasons other than his wallet! This way he will even learn to respect you since you are ‘Miss Independent’ and he knows you can surely do without him. I am smiling at the thought of a campus where girls don’t leave their men just because they
are broke and they do not date a man simply because
he has money and do not move from one man to the other to get a quench to their unsatisfied thirst for money.
If we stopped concentrating too much on money, imagine we will be able to get true happiness! This is so because we will try getting people who our interests and aspirations match and hence be able to invest in working for a future instead of concentrating on sucking their money and then footing on to look for greener pastures. There is no greater happiness than a sound mind free from stress and hesabu haziingii.
It is said that money is the root cause of all evil. The truth of this statement is so evident in our society today. Look at it from this angle: You ‘play’ your girl or boy with someone just because the ‘new catch’ has money and can easily help cater for your needs. You are too busy concerned with the money that you do not take safety precautions not to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases or infections. Who will you blame for this? The bitter truth is that love for money led you into this and it is the only one to blame.
I am not against dating rich guys and girls. If you don’t, who will?! My point is that you should not date him or her simply because he/she has money. If you do, when problems come the ‘love’ will jump out of the window! Always keep in mind that no situation is too permanent to change. All you need is a positive attitude and working on it vismarta.
I conclude my today’s article by kindly requesting each of us to love your partner just as he/she is and look deeper into something else that makes you love him or her other than finance. AIDs is real. It’s not an achievement to brag on the number of girls you have had sex with in campus. Life has no reversal so JIPANGE!
SHUGA… love, sex, money…
Last week I maintained a stern stand on our way of viewing love in our society today and how I believe it should be. Well, I was bound to get critism from that but I still believe that our campus needs to be told the truth on how things should be. Today I get deeper into more from my inspiration which is the recent programme SHUGA… love, sex, money.
Our society is decaying in such a way that motherhood has lost meaning. The Holy Book states so clearly that there is time for everything. If we did the right thing at the right time, abortion would be a forgotten term. Just a few weeks ago, a baby was rescued having dog bites! Children are a blessing and the flowers of the society. It pains me when people refer to pregnancy as ‘ball’. Surely, how can we compare a life with something that has no life? This is lack of respect for human life! No wonder it is so easy to abort because it is seen as simply ‘removing the ball’.
Here comes the most pissing issue… Love for money! Well, I agree that money is necessary for survival in today’s society for it is required even while obtaining basic needs but enyewe tumezidi! In campus, most of us are not working so it is absurd to expect the person you are dating to support all your needs. Am not saying that you cannot aid each other at times of need or when having fun but what I am not for is the idea that since I am dating you, you expect me to be the provider or ‘source’.
Most of us depend on HELB for our upkeep and so the other party should understand enough as to be willing to contribute for food if you cook together. I have talked on this issue mainly because most of my male friends are complaining especially because we are on our worst semester where we don’t have HELB. My dear girlfriends, please let us date for reasons other than his wallet! This way he will even learn to respect you since you are ‘Miss Independent’ and he knows you can surely do without him. I am smiling at the thought of a campus where girls don’t leave their men just because they
are broke and they do not date a man simply because
he has money and do not move from one man to the other to get a quench to their unsatisfied thirst for money.
If we stopped concentrating too much on money, imagine we will be able to get true happiness! This is so because we will try getting people who our interests and aspirations match and hence be able to invest in working for a future instead of concentrating on sucking their money and then footing on to look for greener pastures. There is no greater happiness than a sound mind free from stress and hesabu haziingii.
It is said that money is the root cause of all evil. The truth of this statement is so evident in our society today. Look at it from this angle: You ‘play’ your girl or boy with someone just because the ‘new catch’ has money and can easily help cater for your needs. You are too busy concerned with the money that you do not take safety precautions not to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases or infections. Who will you blame for this? The bitter truth is that love for money led you into this and it is the only one to blame.
I am not against dating rich guys and girls. If you don’t, who will?! My point is that you should not date him or her simply because he/she has money. If you do, when problems come the ‘love’ will jump out of the window! Always keep in mind that no situation is too permanent to change. All you need is a positive attitude and working on it vismarta.
I conclude my today’s article by kindly requesting each of us to love your partner just as he/she is and look deeper into something else that makes you love him or her other than finance. AIDs is real. It’s not an achievement to brag on the number of girls you have had sex with in campus. Life has no reversal so JIPANGE!
WERE THEY EMPTY PROMISES?
By Moker Mokaya
It is meaningless feeding a toothless bulldog heavily yet it may never bite just as it is a waste of time participating in a rounder’s chair dance then end up not sitting on it. I must now confess that I am tired doing all this with the hope those things will change when they are stretching from bad to worse. It has been an obvious thing that each time we have elections Kenyans have to choose which knife will stub us though we all know that none can do any better for us. This is no different case in our campus. As the TSA campaigns come to an end, they draw a vivid memory of what we all had witnessed about one month ago – except the freshers who are yet to wet their heads anyway and prepare for that painful shave by their fellow comrades cum politicians, shopkeepers.
The part I like about this campaigns is the type of slogans that this politicians use. To substantiate the irony engulfed in these slogans, we will first have to analyse the slogans used by national parties in what I term as the mirror of the moral decadence that exists in our society. When KANU party came to power as an African party they adopted the symbol of the cockerel probably to imply the dawn of a new nation- yes really a dawn but for the few. These became rife during the nyayo era though the nyayos were a whole different thing anyway - to continue advantaging the few, a very different meaning from the image that was painted in rallies. Kenyans took it in for 24 years. Yes they did. Then there came the mwamko mpya slogan by the then NARC coalition. The mwamko mpya was to bring in radical economical changes and making sure that the common mwananchi who was slowly awaking and smelling the coffee was knocked out of the system by hard economic times, inflation and corruption which was now given a whole different meaning depending on the perspectives you looked at it from. This was further natured by the kazi iendelee slogan but which work was to continue when up to now we have Kenyans living in IDP camps yet to be settled? That is to state a few and the ugly image hidden behind the well painted curtains.
Coming back to our own moi university, “main campus” was the thing to walk by if you wanted to survive the huge political waves of last semester. When that noise goes down is surely when leadership begins, I now fully understand what that line meant Mr. Secretary General. If the kind of leadership we are experiencing now is what you really meant, then I can simply term that as a paradoxical juxtaposition of ideas. Another amazing slogan was that of the children of god we shall overcome but turning onto the other page and reading in between the lines of reality, we have surely been overwhelmed if the current economic state of comrades is something to go by. Mr. Doghana, if you could have surely and genuinely represented the plights of your fellow comrades to the finance department, then they could not have used what they had in their pockets to pay for the fees yet helb could have catered for that debt. Other slogans include the Ole Nakola’s vigilance and accountability if I may rephrase it but the vigilance we are experiencing now is a chain of scandals including the MUSO computer packages ‘scam’.
Slogans like bringing back the spirit of comradeship, leadership for purpose, tranquility and integrity in leadership among others only bypass my eyes as a group of well arranged words to convey fallacy of reason while concealing the reality of intention from our eyes. Comrades it is high time we chose leaders of substance and those that have comrades’ interests at heart.
It is meaningless feeding a toothless bulldog heavily yet it may never bite just as it is a waste of time participating in a rounder’s chair dance then end up not sitting on it. I must now confess that I am tired doing all this with the hope those things will change when they are stretching from bad to worse. It has been an obvious thing that each time we have elections Kenyans have to choose which knife will stub us though we all know that none can do any better for us. This is no different case in our campus. As the TSA campaigns come to an end, they draw a vivid memory of what we all had witnessed about one month ago – except the freshers who are yet to wet their heads anyway and prepare for that painful shave by their fellow comrades cum politicians, shopkeepers.
The part I like about this campaigns is the type of slogans that this politicians use. To substantiate the irony engulfed in these slogans, we will first have to analyse the slogans used by national parties in what I term as the mirror of the moral decadence that exists in our society. When KANU party came to power as an African party they adopted the symbol of the cockerel probably to imply the dawn of a new nation- yes really a dawn but for the few. These became rife during the nyayo era though the nyayos were a whole different thing anyway - to continue advantaging the few, a very different meaning from the image that was painted in rallies. Kenyans took it in for 24 years. Yes they did. Then there came the mwamko mpya slogan by the then NARC coalition. The mwamko mpya was to bring in radical economical changes and making sure that the common mwananchi who was slowly awaking and smelling the coffee was knocked out of the system by hard economic times, inflation and corruption which was now given a whole different meaning depending on the perspectives you looked at it from. This was further natured by the kazi iendelee slogan but which work was to continue when up to now we have Kenyans living in IDP camps yet to be settled? That is to state a few and the ugly image hidden behind the well painted curtains.
Coming back to our own moi university, “main campus” was the thing to walk by if you wanted to survive the huge political waves of last semester. When that noise goes down is surely when leadership begins, I now fully understand what that line meant Mr. Secretary General. If the kind of leadership we are experiencing now is what you really meant, then I can simply term that as a paradoxical juxtaposition of ideas. Another amazing slogan was that of the children of god we shall overcome but turning onto the other page and reading in between the lines of reality, we have surely been overwhelmed if the current economic state of comrades is something to go by. Mr. Doghana, if you could have surely and genuinely represented the plights of your fellow comrades to the finance department, then they could not have used what they had in their pockets to pay for the fees yet helb could have catered for that debt. Other slogans include the Ole Nakola’s vigilance and accountability if I may rephrase it but the vigilance we are experiencing now is a chain of scandals including the MUSO computer packages ‘scam’.
Slogans like bringing back the spirit of comradeship, leadership for purpose, tranquility and integrity in leadership among others only bypass my eyes as a group of well arranged words to convey fallacy of reason while concealing the reality of intention from our eyes. Comrades it is high time we chose leaders of substance and those that have comrades’ interests at heart.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
NO HELB TILL AUGUST
By Jally Kihara & M. Doyo
Students are expected to experience tough economic times this semester following the shocking revelation that Helb will not release funds as earlier expected. Reliable sources has it that the Higher Education Loans Board is not in a position to finance the continuing students who are under the accelerated academic programme.
According to the Secretary General Seth Dikembe and his academics director counterpart, Mr. Mururu, they met the Higher Education Loans Board manager who categorically stated that the body will not be able to release the funds since it receives finances according to government’s financial year - thus they have to wait for the next financial year. This comes amid comrades high expectations that the funds would be made available soon to enable them cope up with the already difficult state of living due to high cost of living.
In an interview with the The 3rd Eye, the dean of students, Mr. Muriithi said his office was not in a position to officially communicate on the matter since he was not aware when the students’ financier would release the loan to its clients (students). Mr. Muriithi, however, confirmed that Higher Education Loans Board is fully aware that Moi University students are in session since the Vice Chancellor wrote to them (Helb) about the changed academic dates. The experienced dean of students expressed his regrets over the current students financial crisis but he came out clear that there is nothing the administration can do over the issue,
“The university operates independently as well as the Higher Education Loans Board and there is no way any one of them can interfere with the operations of the other. It is up to you, its clients, to negotiate with it and express your distress.” Mr. Muriithi told the 3rd Eye team during the interview in his office.
At personnal level, Mr. Muriithi is optimistic that the Helb is soliciting for funds in order to cater for the changed academic years in public universities and urged students to exercise patience.
It is now clear that the administration cannot be drawn into the students-Helb crisis and upon these developments a group of students drawn from all the schools are on way to try and look into the matter.
Sources familiar with the agenda of the group confided to us that it is planning to meet the Chief academic officer today and try to get more directions on the matter. The group will try to exploit all the avenues possible and pressurize the government to release the vital funds to comrades.
Among the options available to the group is a collection of signatures from the students’ body which will be attached to a complaints letter and be sent to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Higher Education.
The students’ loan offers such a critical financial support to most students in universities-especially public-since many of them depends entirely on these funds for their fee payment and upkeep and its delay strikes a sharp imbalance on a student’s life.
Students are expected to experience tough economic times this semester following the shocking revelation that Helb will not release funds as earlier expected. Reliable sources has it that the Higher Education Loans Board is not in a position to finance the continuing students who are under the accelerated academic programme.
According to the Secretary General Seth Dikembe and his academics director counterpart, Mr. Mururu, they met the Higher Education Loans Board manager who categorically stated that the body will not be able to release the funds since it receives finances according to government’s financial year - thus they have to wait for the next financial year. This comes amid comrades high expectations that the funds would be made available soon to enable them cope up with the already difficult state of living due to high cost of living.
In an interview with the The 3rd Eye, the dean of students, Mr. Muriithi said his office was not in a position to officially communicate on the matter since he was not aware when the students’ financier would release the loan to its clients (students). Mr. Muriithi, however, confirmed that Higher Education Loans Board is fully aware that Moi University students are in session since the Vice Chancellor wrote to them (Helb) about the changed academic dates. The experienced dean of students expressed his regrets over the current students financial crisis but he came out clear that there is nothing the administration can do over the issue,
“The university operates independently as well as the Higher Education Loans Board and there is no way any one of them can interfere with the operations of the other. It is up to you, its clients, to negotiate with it and express your distress.” Mr. Muriithi told the 3rd Eye team during the interview in his office.
At personnal level, Mr. Muriithi is optimistic that the Helb is soliciting for funds in order to cater for the changed academic years in public universities and urged students to exercise patience.
It is now clear that the administration cannot be drawn into the students-Helb crisis and upon these developments a group of students drawn from all the schools are on way to try and look into the matter.
Sources familiar with the agenda of the group confided to us that it is planning to meet the Chief academic officer today and try to get more directions on the matter. The group will try to exploit all the avenues possible and pressurize the government to release the vital funds to comrades.
Among the options available to the group is a collection of signatures from the students’ body which will be attached to a complaints letter and be sent to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Higher Education.
The students’ loan offers such a critical financial support to most students in universities-especially public-since many of them depends entirely on these funds for their fee payment and upkeep and its delay strikes a sharp imbalance on a student’s life.
PLIGHT OF A FRESH MAN
By Steve Mwangi
As I eagerly awaited my transformation-to a comrade-day, my anticipation for my next four years was: to make my life and also to enjoy it too. The latter has proved it needs more than just a talk to fulfill it especially with my tag-name; freshman as they call me.
It all started with a hectic registration day that left my body drenched and swollen from the wrath of fellow comrades who squeezed me harder in those queues. After a tedious hustle, I secured what will be my next eight months home. To my surprise, it is serving all the purposes of a massionate; kitchen, dining room study room and bedroom. Remember cooking is illegal.
In a week’s time the not-so-fresh guys (continuing students) were back. The eves dressed in sexy clad that brought out every curve in their body – palatable hips and luscious ‘twins’ all that left my eyes narrowed and thoughts playing havoc with my libi… thanks to the man in me that have exercised mighty control. Before it settled, freshers night was thrown our way and now that my looks never guaranteed a hand over my shoulder, I had to get deeper into my wallet to keep one!
Being a screen lover I am, it have left me subjected to two hours of standing due to large crowd which shares my hobby especially when there is an ‘en classico’ of its own, nevertheless, I have always suffered information deficiency due to single channel tune day in day out. Guys check on this, we need variety to know what’s up elsewhere.
This campus is full of registrations; there is always a way of draining my wallet. I am worried that a group will emerge soon to register people for notice board services. You will be required to subscribe on a weekly basis to read articles on the walls! Yes, I see it happening. Clubs want some registration coins, religious associations are not left out as they also want a share of your wealth every Sunday.
The notion that campus is the best social place is quickly fading away!
As I eagerly awaited my transformation-to a comrade-day, my anticipation for my next four years was: to make my life and also to enjoy it too. The latter has proved it needs more than just a talk to fulfill it especially with my tag-name; freshman as they call me.
It all started with a hectic registration day that left my body drenched and swollen from the wrath of fellow comrades who squeezed me harder in those queues. After a tedious hustle, I secured what will be my next eight months home. To my surprise, it is serving all the purposes of a massionate; kitchen, dining room study room and bedroom. Remember cooking is illegal.
In a week’s time the not-so-fresh guys (continuing students) were back. The eves dressed in sexy clad that brought out every curve in their body – palatable hips and luscious ‘twins’ all that left my eyes narrowed and thoughts playing havoc with my libi… thanks to the man in me that have exercised mighty control. Before it settled, freshers night was thrown our way and now that my looks never guaranteed a hand over my shoulder, I had to get deeper into my wallet to keep one!
Being a screen lover I am, it have left me subjected to two hours of standing due to large crowd which shares my hobby especially when there is an ‘en classico’ of its own, nevertheless, I have always suffered information deficiency due to single channel tune day in day out. Guys check on this, we need variety to know what’s up elsewhere.
This campus is full of registrations; there is always a way of draining my wallet. I am worried that a group will emerge soon to register people for notice board services. You will be required to subscribe on a weekly basis to read articles on the walls! Yes, I see it happening. Clubs want some registration coins, religious associations are not left out as they also want a share of your wealth every Sunday.
The notion that campus is the best social place is quickly fading away!
Monday, April 23, 2012
FIRST YEAR'S FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A SHOPKEEPER
By Elizabeth Asasha
As I padded the hoof to a kiosk located in Soweto my nerves were pre-occupied with the new chapter I had turned in the Journal “My Life Span” and little did I know about their pricing. I failed to understand why some guys played blind by covering miles to secure essentials while the very same commodities are well available in the shops around.
I thought it a way of exercising their muscles through a free walk… I knew better when I got to the shop. I paid for a commodity I had ordered but I was dumbfounded when I received my balance. Just to be sure it was the right quantity I had requested, I enquired from the shopkeeper and he flatly assured me that.
“It goes at that price young lady” He said with finality.
I swallowed my grief and walked away. It settled a day and as I strolled around Studie, my eyes caught a group of students who were reading articles on the notice board. An instinct urged me to find out what glued them to the walls. As I squeezed myself in the crowd, I realized why they behaved so. A smile escaped my lips as I read through the sarcastic words used to criticize the student leaders; their opportunistic character, as depicted by the misuse of their positions to exploit innocent comrades. Unfortunately, my smile was cut short when I read about the hiked prices of items in campus yet these shops are owned by our own ‘voice of the voiceless/ revolutionists”
I skimmed through the articles and set for stage. I bought the same quantity of the commodity I had bought at Soweto shop and to my surprise it cost me ksh 15/= less than what I had spent on it earlier. I did calculate and realized, amid shock, the much I had contributed towards funding a pool of some corrupted individuals to build up their waistlines. My concern is not about the few coins you steal from us, but it pains that the very same people who should be minding the comrades have turned to a clan of man eaters.
Hey people, this is 21st Century! We cannot continue propagating political mediocrity, corruption, impunity and exploitation of innocent people. It is sharply disheartening when the people you entrust with power fail to keep promises and instead take advantage of their positions to ‘kandamiza’ the electorates.
Comrades should remain vigilant of all the evils that may be on our way, for those who have taken it upon themselves to unleash the fiddles in Main Campus keep the strength.
As I padded the hoof to a kiosk located in Soweto my nerves were pre-occupied with the new chapter I had turned in the Journal “My Life Span” and little did I know about their pricing. I failed to understand why some guys played blind by covering miles to secure essentials while the very same commodities are well available in the shops around.
I thought it a way of exercising their muscles through a free walk… I knew better when I got to the shop. I paid for a commodity I had ordered but I was dumbfounded when I received my balance. Just to be sure it was the right quantity I had requested, I enquired from the shopkeeper and he flatly assured me that.
“It goes at that price young lady” He said with finality.
I swallowed my grief and walked away. It settled a day and as I strolled around Studie, my eyes caught a group of students who were reading articles on the notice board. An instinct urged me to find out what glued them to the walls. As I squeezed myself in the crowd, I realized why they behaved so. A smile escaped my lips as I read through the sarcastic words used to criticize the student leaders; their opportunistic character, as depicted by the misuse of their positions to exploit innocent comrades. Unfortunately, my smile was cut short when I read about the hiked prices of items in campus yet these shops are owned by our own ‘voice of the voiceless/ revolutionists”
I skimmed through the articles and set for stage. I bought the same quantity of the commodity I had bought at Soweto shop and to my surprise it cost me ksh 15/= less than what I had spent on it earlier. I did calculate and realized, amid shock, the much I had contributed towards funding a pool of some corrupted individuals to build up their waistlines. My concern is not about the few coins you steal from us, but it pains that the very same people who should be minding the comrades have turned to a clan of man eaters.
Hey people, this is 21st Century! We cannot continue propagating political mediocrity, corruption, impunity and exploitation of innocent people. It is sharply disheartening when the people you entrust with power fail to keep promises and instead take advantage of their positions to ‘kandamiza’ the electorates.
Comrades should remain vigilant of all the evils that may be on our way, for those who have taken it upon themselves to unleash the fiddles in Main Campus keep the strength.
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