By Isaac Meso
The saying that men are only powerful when dealing with their fellow
men came to dawn on me the other day when a friend of mine shared how
his ex-girlfriend had manipulated him into squandering all his savings
plus the regular boom that he receives from HELB.
Apparently
all was hidden to him because he was ‘in love’ with her. Yeah, the
phrase ‘in love’ is in quotes for a reason. A reason that will make me
soon start an activist body for my own gender. I bet I will call it Men
Against Gold Diggers Association (MAGDA). We campus men have equally
suffered in the hands of this ruthless women who have disguised
themselves as lovable and innocent only to rip us off to the last dime. I
believe it’s the high time men get to understand these beautiful, yet
dangerous creatures.
So what are the symptoms that your honey is not interested in you but she is there for the love of your money?
She only beeps
Even the dumbest man on earth can see this one coming. Unfortunately
when a man is interested in a lady even the obvious things become
rocket science. When your lady beeps even after you have sambazad her a
hundred bob, start packing your bags bro because this is the last place
you want to be especially if you’re using your HELB money to impress
her. If she truly feels your vibe she will call you even if she has 0.75
shillings left in her phone. Woe unto you if she feels your pocket.
She only calls or texts during lunch hours
“Beb si unanipeleka lunch?” Quite a simple yet manipulative phrase
especially when it comes from her. If your lady never calls you 'Beb'
for starters don’t even fall for this line. How on earth can someone
text or call you only during lunch hours and you fail to see the danger
in it? Maybe I am too sceptical to see the love in it but this is a
total rip off. If you’re philanthropic enough to take your lady out for
lunch that’s fine but when a pattern is developed from this gentlemanly
act, then you need to be keen before you end up feeding some conniving
woman in the name of a girlfriend for a whole semester with your hard
earned money.
She doesn’t introduce you to her friends
They can disagree with me, but research has shown that ladies love
discussing their men with their fellow girlfriends especially during
their free time. If she doesn’t feel you, she will rarely mention your
name in their chats leave alone flaunting how you are a prince charming.
This will play out right on face when you coincidentally meet her
friends and you realize how blank they will look when you’re being
introduced as the significant other. Bottom line you are just being used
as a walking ATM and the introduction is just done to sooth your
dismay. Run while you still have the energy. You might not see it coming
but the signs are written in block letters.
She always creates excuses whenever you want to spend time together
They say love is blind, and I take this literal meaning to be very
correct. When men are in love even flimsy excuses given to them by their
ladies pass the truth meter with flying colours. This is the status quo
we need to snap out from. Yes there exist valid excuses, but there
those circumstances where excuses are used as a tool to keep men away.
She will always be by your side like a shadow when she knows you’re
loaded with cash only for her to start avoiding you when your account
hits the bedrock. If that’s what they call being in love then I will
take a jet to Mars when that time for courtship comes.
My
friend is just one among many campus men who suffer silently in the
name of being ‘in love’. But today I am going to leave this free advice
“If she doesn't feel you, she ain't worth your money” and “Mwanaume ni
madeni…” so quit that relationship before you start paying debts you
borrowed to buy kebabs for her during the lunch breaks.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
WHO WILL SAVE KENYA FROM TRIBALISM?
By Remington Miheso
I am a keen follower of the Comrades Forum page on Facebook and what I see being posted on it keeps me wondering, who will ever save Kenya from this thing called tribalism? Someone said, the worst mistake one can ever do to one is giving them knowledge when they lack wisdom – what will the knowledge be used for?
When a student from the University of Nairobi still thinks in the line of Njuguna, Otieno and Wafula, who will ever save Kenya? Some of the posts on that page are so irritating that I sometimes contemplate on unliking the page but again running away from a problem is cowardice!
When I went home after completing the second semester of my second year, the elders set to interrogate me to gather information on how I was ‘fairing’ in my quest to find a wife (I wonder who told them I was looking for one). Of course I had to tell them I had someone. But what they were interested in was not me having someone but the name of that person! Chepleting, I told them.
They all frowned, why, because Chepleting is from Rift Valley and I am from Western. These are old men who didn’t step into any class; they think like that guy who wakes up every morning to go study in the Jomo Kenyatta Library. The difference here is that one group has knowledge and lacks wisdom and another group lacks both.
If we, university students can’t be differentiated from the villagers who didn’t go to school, who will ever save Kenya? Will we continue blaming tribalism on this and that forever? I think that page entertains some of the most insensitive students in Kenya. Many of them need rehabilitation to get out of the bondage of tribalism.
Surely, how do we expect the class one kids (who by next year will be on Facebook and Twitter) to emulate us? What will they learn from us? We who still think Uhuru Kenyata is Kikuyu and not the president of Kenya, who insists on using the second name of our deputy president rather than the first one for the simple reason that he is from the Kalenjin community.
A guy posts, “the Kikuyu are thieves”, out of the urge to protect his tribe. Another comments, the Luo are uncircumcised! And these are the same people we expect to be ‘good’ leaders tomorrow. These are the people who, even after four years in campus, leave the same way they came in, having wasted four years in the system.
It’s my opinion that university students need to stand out and initiate the process to end tribalism in Kenya. We do not need to watch videos of what happened after the 2007 general elections to know that tribalism is what derails Kenya’s development.
If we hadn’t done what we did then, we wouldn’t be talking of settling the internally displaced persons. TJRC could not exist to waste millions (money that would have been used to build another super highway to my village or added to the thirty five thousand shillings I get from HELB) in its sitting and prepare a report, one I doubt will ever be implemented.
Tribalism is hard to decimate. This is a perception not the reality. It all starts with me and you. If I don’t see my roommate as Kamba or Kisii, there is no way I will see my lecturer as a Luo and thus my president as a Kikuyu.
It’s all in the mind. It’s only that we don’t want to end tribalism in Kenya. It would end if we wanted it to. Surely, there is no way we can all be from the same tribe, that’s impossible!
I am a keen follower of the Comrades Forum page on Facebook and what I see being posted on it keeps me wondering, who will ever save Kenya from this thing called tribalism? Someone said, the worst mistake one can ever do to one is giving them knowledge when they lack wisdom – what will the knowledge be used for?
When a student from the University of Nairobi still thinks in the line of Njuguna, Otieno and Wafula, who will ever save Kenya? Some of the posts on that page are so irritating that I sometimes contemplate on unliking the page but again running away from a problem is cowardice!
When I went home after completing the second semester of my second year, the elders set to interrogate me to gather information on how I was ‘fairing’ in my quest to find a wife (I wonder who told them I was looking for one). Of course I had to tell them I had someone. But what they were interested in was not me having someone but the name of that person! Chepleting, I told them.
They all frowned, why, because Chepleting is from Rift Valley and I am from Western. These are old men who didn’t step into any class; they think like that guy who wakes up every morning to go study in the Jomo Kenyatta Library. The difference here is that one group has knowledge and lacks wisdom and another group lacks both.
If we, university students can’t be differentiated from the villagers who didn’t go to school, who will ever save Kenya? Will we continue blaming tribalism on this and that forever? I think that page entertains some of the most insensitive students in Kenya. Many of them need rehabilitation to get out of the bondage of tribalism.
Surely, how do we expect the class one kids (who by next year will be on Facebook and Twitter) to emulate us? What will they learn from us? We who still think Uhuru Kenyata is Kikuyu and not the president of Kenya, who insists on using the second name of our deputy president rather than the first one for the simple reason that he is from the Kalenjin community.
A guy posts, “the Kikuyu are thieves”, out of the urge to protect his tribe. Another comments, the Luo are uncircumcised! And these are the same people we expect to be ‘good’ leaders tomorrow. These are the people who, even after four years in campus, leave the same way they came in, having wasted four years in the system.
It’s my opinion that university students need to stand out and initiate the process to end tribalism in Kenya. We do not need to watch videos of what happened after the 2007 general elections to know that tribalism is what derails Kenya’s development.
If we hadn’t done what we did then, we wouldn’t be talking of settling the internally displaced persons. TJRC could not exist to waste millions (money that would have been used to build another super highway to my village or added to the thirty five thousand shillings I get from HELB) in its sitting and prepare a report, one I doubt will ever be implemented.
Tribalism is hard to decimate. This is a perception not the reality. It all starts with me and you. If I don’t see my roommate as Kamba or Kisii, there is no way I will see my lecturer as a Luo and thus my president as a Kikuyu.
It’s all in the mind. It’s only that we don’t want to end tribalism in Kenya. It would end if we wanted it to. Surely, there is no way we can all be from the same tribe, that’s impossible!
MEMORIES OF AN ELDER
By Wesonga Quintas
Having overstayed here as an elder in our dear university with a difference, my memory membrane vibrates with a litany of fond memories, a mixture of joy and sorrow, achievement and failure on both our part and the system at large. Talking of systems reminds me of one quotation I got from the university senate: “Systems cannot be fought.” Don’t ask me when and why I was told that. It was at the senate chambers.
I was here to see our big university open the greatest number of campuses in the country in the tenure of Prof. Mibey as the VC. Mention Kitale, Karatina, Yala, Narok and Coast campuses and all happened in my lifetime as a comrade. I was still here to see some of them grow into fully fledged universities such as Karatina, Maasai Mara, Kabianga and University of Eldoret. My only worry is, ceteris paribas, these sons of Moi will soon rank above their mother.
When I was coming to Moi for the first time, I was sure I was lost until I saw the “Karibu umefika” notice at the beautiful gate. This was because the Cheptiret-Moi road was pathetic. It was only recarpeted following a big demonstration and death of a comrade. Now that the road is almost achieving the original status, another comrade must prepare to die and several others prepare for suspension.
In first year, I was welcomed by great student-politicians such as future Siaya senator Felix Gworo who by then was the MUSO Sec. Gen. We later had Victor Mairura and company. After then, I was privileged to witness death and burial of comradeship. Mwamburi strived in vain to revive it and made some progress. His successors have ensured the final cementing of the grave for comrade power. I was here to see all this.
Then came the ISO certification. The less I say on this the better to save my skin. The only good thing that happened in line with this was the Universities Act 2012 which created the Commission for University Education. The commission then went round inspecting public universities. For the first time since 1984, buildings were repainted!
The university has however done well on beautification. Flowers are all over campus and one can be cheated that it has always been so. These flowers were planted just the other day, 2009 to be precise. The wireless portal is another achievement.
Due to the infamous double intake, we experienced the longest holiday for 8 months. This enabled the 26th SGC to go for an illegal two-year term and still did nothing. This was then followed by the longest semester lasting from November to April. During the semester, we had 3 breaks!
To appear modern, the university replaced blackboards with whiteboards in all lecture rooms. This was still in 2009. Unfortunately, no orientation was done leading to the current state of the white boards in most of our lecture rooms.
I was here to see the Moi University Dispensary upgraded to a hospital although nothing had changed. NCT building was completed in 2009 after being started in the early 1990s. A hostel had one wing completed and ablution blocks constructed to completion in my lifetime in this campus. History proves that it doesn’t happen that easy. My son will be here to see the said hostel completed.
As an outgoing elder, I recommend the following: Immediate steps should be undertaken to disband MUSO and empower school organizations. More hostels should be constructed by inviting private developers to ease accommodation problem. The university must check its admission policy pegged on available resources. PSSP should be scrapped and mature entry be reintroduced to allow equality of access to education. PSSP widens the gap between the rich and the poor against the goals of education.
Since I have written in vain for all my life as a comrade on dressing, especially for our ladies, I recommend that a dressing code be enforced strictly. Finally, to bring any meaningful change, all those people who have been here since the 1980s should be laid off. Only then shall we see change!
Having overstayed here as an elder in our dear university with a difference, my memory membrane vibrates with a litany of fond memories, a mixture of joy and sorrow, achievement and failure on both our part and the system at large. Talking of systems reminds me of one quotation I got from the university senate: “Systems cannot be fought.” Don’t ask me when and why I was told that. It was at the senate chambers.
I was here to see our big university open the greatest number of campuses in the country in the tenure of Prof. Mibey as the VC. Mention Kitale, Karatina, Yala, Narok and Coast campuses and all happened in my lifetime as a comrade. I was still here to see some of them grow into fully fledged universities such as Karatina, Maasai Mara, Kabianga and University of Eldoret. My only worry is, ceteris paribas, these sons of Moi will soon rank above their mother.
When I was coming to Moi for the first time, I was sure I was lost until I saw the “Karibu umefika” notice at the beautiful gate. This was because the Cheptiret-Moi road was pathetic. It was only recarpeted following a big demonstration and death of a comrade. Now that the road is almost achieving the original status, another comrade must prepare to die and several others prepare for suspension.
In first year, I was welcomed by great student-politicians such as future Siaya senator Felix Gworo who by then was the MUSO Sec. Gen. We later had Victor Mairura and company. After then, I was privileged to witness death and burial of comradeship. Mwamburi strived in vain to revive it and made some progress. His successors have ensured the final cementing of the grave for comrade power. I was here to see all this.
Then came the ISO certification. The less I say on this the better to save my skin. The only good thing that happened in line with this was the Universities Act 2012 which created the Commission for University Education. The commission then went round inspecting public universities. For the first time since 1984, buildings were repainted!
The university has however done well on beautification. Flowers are all over campus and one can be cheated that it has always been so. These flowers were planted just the other day, 2009 to be precise. The wireless portal is another achievement.
Due to the infamous double intake, we experienced the longest holiday for 8 months. This enabled the 26th SGC to go for an illegal two-year term and still did nothing. This was then followed by the longest semester lasting from November to April. During the semester, we had 3 breaks!
To appear modern, the university replaced blackboards with whiteboards in all lecture rooms. This was still in 2009. Unfortunately, no orientation was done leading to the current state of the white boards in most of our lecture rooms.
I was here to see the Moi University Dispensary upgraded to a hospital although nothing had changed. NCT building was completed in 2009 after being started in the early 1990s. A hostel had one wing completed and ablution blocks constructed to completion in my lifetime in this campus. History proves that it doesn’t happen that easy. My son will be here to see the said hostel completed.
As an outgoing elder, I recommend the following: Immediate steps should be undertaken to disband MUSO and empower school organizations. More hostels should be constructed by inviting private developers to ease accommodation problem. The university must check its admission policy pegged on available resources. PSSP should be scrapped and mature entry be reintroduced to allow equality of access to education. PSSP widens the gap between the rich and the poor against the goals of education.
Since I have written in vain for all my life as a comrade on dressing, especially for our ladies, I recommend that a dressing code be enforced strictly. Finally, to bring any meaningful change, all those people who have been here since the 1980s should be laid off. Only then shall we see change!
Monday, June 10, 2013
EXAM DATES REMAINS UNCHANGED; SET TO BEGIN ON 24th JUNE
By Mohammed Doyo
Examination dates have not changed, the concerned department has clarified. They are still as earlier scheduled-(starting on 24th June, ending on 12th July). Speaking to The 3rd Eye in his office this morning, the head of the examinations department, Dr. Menjo dismissed the rumors currently doing rounds in campus that the above dates have been pushed to July.
“The university has not changed the examination dates. The exams will begin on 24th June and end on 12th July 2013. Any other information contrary to this is wrong and misleading,” he said.
Examination dates have not changed, the concerned department has clarified. They are still as earlier scheduled-(starting on 24th June, ending on 12th July). Speaking to The 3rd Eye in his office this morning, the head of the examinations department, Dr. Menjo dismissed the rumors currently doing rounds in campus that the above dates have been pushed to July.
“The university has not changed the examination dates. The exams will begin on 24th June and end on 12th July 2013. Any other information contrary to this is wrong and misleading,” he said.
This means
the students have less than two weeks to prepare for the exams while the
lecturers have the same amount of time to complete the syllabus.
Meanwhile, the KCSE 2010 2nd years-2nd sem; 3rd years-2nd sem; 4th years-1st sem; current 1st years-2nd sem will be reporting for the start of their respective new semester on 22nd July 2013. This is according to a program schedule revealed to The 3rd Eye (Pictured).
Meanwhile, the KCSE 2010 2nd years-2nd sem; 3rd years-2nd sem; 4th years-1st sem; current 1st years-2nd sem will be reporting for the start of their respective new semester on 22nd July 2013. This is according to a program schedule revealed to The 3rd Eye (Pictured).
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