NUC CATERING AND ACCOMODATION OFFICER MR.TOBIAS SAYS HE IS NOT A TRIBALIST OR EVEN A LUO!!

Cooking in the students hostel is prohibited in NUC and many other public universities. In NUC,cooking  as seen many students face the discipline board once they are caught in the act. It is a thought that is so tempting in times like these when the lines in the mess are intolerable and exams are on. The man at the steering wheel of catering and accommodation in NUC is Mr. Tobias  Okeng`o  and he is the one who decides the fate of those found cohabiting in the sudents halls of residence as well as those found cooking. Last week some students reported complaints to NESH COURT  claiming that Mr.Oken`go was using selective justice in handling a case in which some stuents were found cooking in Runda.They claimed he let off some students who were of “his tribe” and pushed for the others to face the disciplinary committee.NESH COURT went looking for him and caught up with him in his office and  enquired about the issue is his full version of the story.

He started by showing the court several apology letters written by several students from almost all the tribes in this campus who he had forgiven and set free without pressing on the case.NESHCOURT was able to identify that majority of the cases were not from Luo and that he had also received apology letter from even a former high ranking former member of student council who he had demanded an apology letter from due to cooking in the hostels. “The claims are baseless and those students have just panicked and hence are looking for a scapegoat .infact,I have recalled the case from the chief security officer so as to handle it from my level and I also have called the students so that we can solve the issue amicably as part of my job is not to see students get expelled but to ensure your success in this institution so that you may leave a better person than you came. One of the rooms did not even have an electric cooker and I just ignored that fact because it could have been taken without authority from one of the offies,I acted blind on that and so let the students not mistake my kindness for my weakness “said mr.Okeng`o.He went further to call the chief security officer to confirm that he had recalled the case  and the school electrician who was in Eldoret  so as to prove to NESHCOURT that the room in question had no electric cooker by the time the students  were allocated to stay there. He further went ahead saying “I’m a parent, a resident of Narok,was once a student and a student’s leader and hence I know how hard life of a student can be especially in Narok and that’s the reason why I let the cases go Scott free sometimes.Infact,having a man or a lady in your room is not a problem as long as its not bothering your neighbours.And to clear facts,INFACT IM NOT EVEN A LUO CONTARY TO  WHAT MANT THINK,IM A SUBA”He declared.

This comes when the  first semester of the 2010\2011 academic year is coming to an end and an accommodation crisis is rooming over the next semester when all the students including the first years up to forth years will report back. It will be the highest number of students the university college will have ever held at once in a single period of time since its establishment. Measures such as withdrawal of PSSP students’ accommodation from hostels have been taken and also fact that accommodation will be given on priority of first years and the rest follow has been stated. A spot check by NESHCOURT on the state of the new men’s hostel reveal that the ground  and first floors are complete save the washrooms and that they might be the ones to host the many  JAB students next semester. The big question is what will be done to the classrooms and the mess so as to cater for the high influx of students? The students are all waiting with baited breath and praying that no group is sent home for the long holidays at the middle of their academic year.