HR STUDENTS IN PARADISE

By Purity Museo

When I heard that we would report at Annex and not Main Campus, fear gripped me since thoughts of cooking with no coils, living in expensive houses and spending cash on transport flew through my mind. As I read through the university press club fan pages, the reactions from my colleagues were the same. Some suggested that we stay home until August when one of the groups in session will have gone for long holiday. In my university, students have no say that’s why we had to settle at Annex against our wish.

Everyone was in a relaxed mood on the reporting day which was a sign of readiness to face the challenges of being in a new school. A school with no reading materials, no radio station and no media house for students of journalism. In two days’ time, everyone had a place to lay his/her head. Classes began immediately with the timetable stating that lectures will commence at 8am to 6pm daily.


Everything seemed oppressive by then but we realized that no other group might be as lucky and privileged as us. We are in the School of Law. It is possible that no other group will be privileged to study in two Campuses. There are rumours that we are the only group that will not to go for any other long holiday until fourth year. This is the time we will be going on attachment.

I will correct fellow writers and tell them that it's only in Main Campus where the differences are so many. This is not the case with other constituent campuses. It’s only in Main Campus where a break of one week can be a further notice of more than six months and also where students are used to life without electricity and water.

It is ironical that other Moi University campuses particularly Annex, get instructions from the offices in Main Campus yet they are much more organized than the mother university. In the School of Law, houses are self-contained. I mean water taps, toilets and bathrooms are inside the tiled room. Annex students get all these privileges by paying the same amount of fees paid by students in Main Campus.

It is in this school where students sashay to town at a lower cost. HR students are ensuring that at the end of the lectures the lecturer involved with the last class of the day pays the fare to town. When most comrades think of hostels J, C and D where they will be relocated next semester, they pray that they will remain in Annex. HR students will have to move back to Main Campus since the law students who are on their long holiday will be back at the end of July.

The writer is a second year HR student in Annex.