STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE AT HOME

A third year electrical engineering student committed suicide last night at home in Makueni County following a family dispute. Chester Katuva Muendi, a student in Moi University, hanged himself on a tree after consuming rat poison. 

The late Chester had left campus for the holidays last week after which he went to his brother’s home in Nairobi. Upon his mother’s request, he left for his rural home in Makueni County where he was expected to work on the family farm. 

According to his close friend, Evans Lumumba, the deceased worked on the farm for the better part of yesterday. He was supposed to have left for attachment in Nairobi tomorrow. 

The incident occurred at around 7.30 pm last night. The police collected the body today morning that is lying at the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi.

STUDENT HOSPITALIZED AFTER SEX MISHAP

A second year female student was admitted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital over the weekend after she bled profusely while having sex. The incident happened on the ground floor of Hostel J on Saturday night at around 9 pm.

According to our source, there was commotion in her room prompting her female friends to check on her. They were shocked to find the lady unconscious.

One of the ladies alerted the ambulance driver, who rushed the lady to the dispensary. The boyfriend and lady friends accompanied her to the health facility. Fluids were administered to stabilize her blood imbalance resulting from the heavy blood loss.

The medical officer on night shift confirmed the incident last night. He added that there was no cause for alarm as the lady was in stable condition.

However, he didn't disclose the cause of the incident citing the profession's code of conduct. The lady is currently recovering in hospital.

A BITTER-SWEET EXPERIENCE

By Purity Museo

Bitter-sweet revenge is a dish best served cold. The person doing so relishes its sweetness, as an eye for an eye makes us feel better for the wrong that has been done to us. It’s an expected, but short-lived pleasure that is often followed by long-lasting bitterness. With time, the sweetness of revenge turns to guilt, shame, regret and sadness. That’s why they say that revenge is bitter-sweet. 

Second year HR students seem to understand this better. This is evident through the manner by which they conduct themselves. I guess this was the reason why it was the only favourable group to have a chance in Annex for one semester. The only class that would accept having classes from 7am to 4pm non-stop and spend money daily on transport.

It has been a long journey for the second year HR students. Everyone was set for studies after some of the first year journalism students had approached one of the lecturers to confirm that there are no free marks in my university as stereotyped. This information set comrades on fire as everyone started thinking of nothing less than a first class honours degree. This seems to be a nightmare. 

Second years in diaspora are really suffering from loneliness but who cares. One of the ‘mama mbogas’ reminded me that this place is made for the PSSP students who are believed to be very rich when I tried to complain over the fact that a single tomato is sold at Ksh 10. Second years thought that everything would just be as in Main Campus. Out of sight, out of mind. This was evident when they went to the communication conference which was held in Main Campus last Friday.

The events at the COSAMU conference left them with a lot of bitterness. COSAMU is a communication students association but they did not seem to belong. The only thing they knew about the program was there would be presentations but no one had a glimpse of the whole program. They were like the Harambee Stars’ spectators. This was the only chance they had to remind themselves of writing and speaking, but it seems they are no longer communication students, they are lawyers. The hustle will come to a climax at the end of July when they will be clearing rooms and carrying their luggage back to Main Campus.

Despite the difficulties, comrades are united to survive. Indeed unity is strength and do not despise the humble beginning of second years. No one knows what they are up to. You need to visit Annex and see how united they are. They speak one language ready to persevere. This is the only group in history that will produce lifelong couples. Every member of staff praises them. Being in town for the first time, many thought of the worst from them. They will leave the mess operators to suffer loss since they claim that the law students eat in town-based hotels.

The writer is a 2nd Year journalism student currently in Annex.

OF MUSO AND MONEY MAKING

By Mohammed Doyo

If there is something MUSO officials have taught us, it is that the students’ organization is a cash cow that student leaders milk from. More often than not, you will hear the SGC members talk of the Ksh 3000 paid to them on a monthly basis as peanuts. But don’t be fooled, these people get allowances and make cash withdrawals from the MUSO account every other other week; more times in a week than Atwoli shouts ‘Msheeenzii’ in front of the cameras!

How many times have you seen posters of events at the student centre noticeboards advertising events organized by the MUSO directors? I bet we’ve all seen them. Some are genuine events, others dubious. Among them are Condom Demonstration Day, Young Mothers Week, Environmental Week, Nutrition Week (funny enough, a section of students who fully depend on HELB got nothing to eat while we speak of nutrition) Garbage Collection Week, Health Awareness Week, Young Fathers Week etc. 

Don’t be surprised if you hear of these soon: Bouncers week, USA Eaters Empowerment - (Ugali Sukuma Avocado) Week and Vertically Challenged Students Week (I must attend this one if it happens.) 

Why all these ‘weeks’? Each of these events comes with thousands of shillings. For example, Ksh 50,000 is allocated for an event. You spend 20,000 on sodas and certificates, how much do you remain with? Simple mathematics! And that is just a single event. Imagine organizing 3 such events in a month? What’s your new worth? Yes, you got it right. It’s almost 100,000!

And as we speak MUSO account is running on a deficit amounting to millions. While all these cash withdrawals happen, don’t forget that, to date, no single needy student has been awarded the MUSO bursaries despite huge amounts budgeted for the activity at the beginning of the MUSO term. And what’s the reason? The office of the Dean of Students speaks of the MUSO account having no funds! Sounds ironic, right? Ask Gertrude Kurgat, the union’s vice chairlady, she’ll explain.


Then there is attending events. Ask Titus Mururu, the academics director, how many times he visits HELB offices in a month. Definitely more times than he visits the academics office to demand the release of delayed exam transcripts! He will tell you how an allowance of Ksh 7000 lands in his pocket each time he travels. Funny enough despite the numerous visits to HELB offices to negotiate the loan release, students are yet to get the loan! Ask the 3rd years, they have more details regarding this issue.

Well, if I continue speaking about MUSO officials and their money deals, I might as well write a 500 page novel. However, before I pen off I won’t forget to wish the 4th year 26th Student Governing Council members the best as they leave the MUSO account in ‘pieces’. You are geniuses! Congratulations for living up to the ideals of your fellow leaders on the national platform – MPigs.