OBWOGO SNUBS HAND OVER MEETING

By Maalim Salat and Moses Nyamori

The troubled 25th SGC’s Finance Director was on the spot once again during the hand over ceremony after snubbing the occasion whose main intent was to hand over financial documents to the incoming team. Mr. Obwogo had earlier skipped The 25th SGC’s dissolution which was held two weeks ago at the Students’ Centre.

“Obwogo is avoiding the hand over meeting because he doesn’t want to hand in all financial documents of Muso. This meeting was well communicated to all the officials through the Chairman, Mr. Mwamburi Mwang’ombe and he has no genuine reasons for not attending the meeting.” Said the irate Dikembe.

The meeting almost came to a standstill when the incoming team insisted that they be provided with support documents of their expenditures while in office. But the Sec Gen elect had to soften the ground for the outgoing team after a section The 25th SGC officials threatened to walk out of the meeting saying that the meeting was meant for handing in and not to audit their financial books.

“I did not come here to be asked the whereabouts of Obwogo. I thought the meeting was a friendly one and not this kind of confrontations. In any case we can decide to mum.” Said the outgoing Security and Accommodation Director, Mr. Olando. The sentiments were echoed by the outgoing Academics Director, Mr. Ong’aro.

The meeting, which was highly charged, resumed to normalcy after Dikembe tendered his apology to the already infuriated Muso officials.
It was a hand over meeting of its own kind since there were no documents, hardcopy or otherwise, to be handed in.

Freedom of media guaranteed

The freedom of the media was at stake when the incoming Academics’ Director Mr. Titus Mururu suggested that the media should be out of the meeting since some information being discussed, especially on tendering, were unpalatable to the public. The move was vehemently rejected by Mwamburi and supported by the other officials.

“Let them know the truth. Every student knows that every official (outgoing) here owns a shop… eat what is clean.” protested Mwamburi.

Mwamburi and Dikembe had to come in to protect the media as the two have been at the fore front fighting for Media freedom in campus and know what it means to gag the Fourth Estate. 

Unfortunately, the tendering issue which took centre stage during the meeting was not exhaustively discussed, a move largely seen to have been precipitated by the presence of The 3rd Eye.

However, suggestions on how to cushion the directors financially to make them refrain from interfering with the tendering process (which up to now remains to be the only source of their income) were floated, some proposing an increment to the Muso Sh. 200 annual subscription. Dikembe proposed a section of the subscription fees be used to pay Muso officials rather than use the shops as payment.

The newly elected team is likely to be sworn in next week though the actual date has not yet been communicated officially.