THE RESURRECTION OF ACTIVISM IN MUSO

By Governor Joel Evans

Activism is not radicalism though both concepts subscribe to the philosophies of “silence never won any rights” and “dialogue is a waste of time.” Comrades’ power! It’s time we stopped playing the politics of an ostrich by burying our heads in the sand and assuming that all is well or is going to be well.

The substantial MUSO passed away few years back and was buried six feet under. What we are left with today as the remnant is a ghost of MUSO, a shadow of MUSO, a scarecrow of MUSO or you may call it a caricature of MUSO. We have blamed MUSO endlessly in the current times but what we have failed to understand is that we remain lame as long as we blame.


Fellow comrades, what happened to the spirit of comradeship and unity of comrade-hood within the student fraternity? What happened to the forces that fought tooth and nail for the liberation of comrades from the sharp canines of the cannibalistic bureaucrats?

When did this unfounded concept of “fear and intimidation” take ground to wobble the strength of the unity of comrades? Who confused comrades and made them believe that many a time a comrade is always wrong? Why isn’t MUSO active in national politics and developmental agenda yet university students are the country’s technocrats tomorrow?

Well, it is basically because we the comrades lack vigour. We are waiting for miracles to happen and bring change; little do we know that in power-politics, superstitions never exist. We have forgotten that a comrade is always right. It’s the high time we bring to life that dead lion that used to roar and walls would crack literally. It’s time we resurrected MUSO.

Facebooking and tweeting our grievances tirelessly will not bring any solutions to our never-ending problems. However, putting our differences aside and coming out in unison to vet the most appropriate channel to air challenges and a measure that will have an immediate feedback is what will mark The Rebirth of MUSO. Comrades’ power!

Salvation shall neither come from Kesses nor shall it come from Cheptiret but from the blood that flows in the veins of the comrades. Comrades’ power! What we crave for is a MUSO that can talk and have a stand on its own compared to a dumb one, one that can say politely yet firmly that on behalf of comrades we will not allow the usage of smart-cards as a new government policy to consume HELB loans.

Loans are not grants thus no need to monitor how the loanee uses the money yet he/she will repay. For the sake of peace let that policy be subjected to the legislature or university unions all over the country under the single organization that binds them to commence collecting signatures. Comrades’ power! That is the Neo-MUSO we want.

Don’t tell me words don’t matter.