ROOM BALLOTING GOES DIGITAL

By Mwitari, Omaita & Pauline Kagwire

Moi University conducted its first digital room allocation exercise at the ICDC complex on Tuesday afternoon, an event which saw the allocation of Ngeria Hostels rooms. 

The exercise is seen as a step forward in improving the room allocation system which has often been marred by inefficiency and lack of transparency, with the MUSO chairman seeing it as a way of “raising the integrity by cleansing the system”.

The event was led by hostels officer Mrs. Tanui, MUSO chairman Florence Doghana, Security and Accommodation director Enock Ogega, and a handful of TSA officials and officials from the Dean’s of Students office, and was witnessed by students from the School of Engineering.

180 bed spaces for male students and 120 for the ladies were allocated, with only 17 of 27 applicants successful in retaining their spaces. International students were allocated 3 spaces, while several spaces were reserved for special cases from the Dean’s office including MUSO members, TSA officials, class representatives from the various schools and hostel wardens. The rest of the spaces were allocated through a highly technical digital random sampling method.

The process was largely a success according to the organisers and the eye witnesses. MUSO chairman Florence Doghana promised to duplicate the system for the next balloting exercises for the senior hostels.