“DEFER YOUR COURSES AND VACATE THE VARSITY PREMISES BY MONDAY”WARNS THE PRINCIPAL TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT CLEARED FEES.

Yesterday at around mid-afternoon a memo signed by the principal of NUC Prof.Serem was posted on the notice boards carrying a message that from Monday the exam cards will start being issued and if one has not signed the nominal roll-read, cleared fees! Should  defer their courses and vacate the varsity premises by Monday.

The memo was met with outrage by students who felt that it was unfair and that the message was passed with an intimidation tone.

 “I have cleared my fees and so I want my services provided. When we opened for the semester we were welcomed with a memo promising heaven and now not a single thing has been achieved,look at the condition of  the mess building which was supposed to have been completed last month, where  is the university  bus? where is the journalism students lab which was said to be already in place? So the principal has also failed and nobody is harassing him to vacate the office, instead of improving the work-study and internal bursary programme the administration is busy threatening the students! Where are the students leaders that are barely a week old into the system, swear I will scan that letter and send it to parliament trough my area MP!”Ranted a former powerful member of SGC  to NESHCOURT.He  was clearly not  amused by the turn of events. I was later informed that he is likely to make his threats real as he is related to a powerful MP who is a member of the parliamentary education committee.

The NESHCOURT can boldly claim that the better part of last week there has been no internet services in the library and the computer lab. This is a mistake at this crucial time when students are sitting for their CATS and so they are undergoing untold suffering. The same case can be told of the situation in the mess where things never get better, food is never enough and you have to be among the very first to arrive to get served your choice meal. The residents in the Maara hostels are still complaining about the state of their hostel, from dirty water to poor lighting system to the state of cleanliness in the corridors.

This state of affairs and confusion  galore comes around barely a week after the new SGC was delivered with promises  to solve students problems. But  truth be told, it’s so sad that  SOME of them are still in the politics arena and are so busy  countering the rest of the leaders to prove who is smarter now but my message to them as a student of NUC is that they have exactly two semesters in office and the first one is halfway.Histrory will judge them harshly by how they perform and we have it in records that every negative deed they carry out not aimed at promotion of student unity will not be tolerated by their number one employer: the  NUC students-let transparency prevail!

Once you get into the public office make it your mandate to serve everybody with the fairness he/she deserves because immediately you get sworn in you become a leader of all and not a few clansmen who elected you. I pray that the new leaders hold up unity among themselves because once the administration and the barons of tribal politics get to see even the tiniest of cracks among them, they will have a field day controlling them like puppets.

Good people of NUC,yours  truly of NESHCOURT as a lot to say and  this time I will not spare anybody who acts in any way of impunity at the expense of justice and fairness,im  ready to name and shame the perpetrators of impunity in public offices for it’s the role of this tough court to do that..Just watch this space.

And by the way..

1. Somebody tell me where the fire-extinguishers in the hostels went, this is the 3^rd time  I’m asking.

2.What has happened to the water-tap outside Serengeti(idlers  from Mara and Serengeti who like washing clothes under the tree as they discuss cheap politics and gossip are having a hard time,kama mimi sijui nitafua lini!)

HELB:BLESSING OR CURSE IN CASH DISGUISE??

The elections are over,the CATS are beckoning and the HELB is almost ending,
One of the joys of being a comrade is the privilege of having a multi-billion shilling government funded kitty to utilize however it is deemed fit. Of course these monies are meant to be repaid once one starts earning an income but the general rule that applies is that the future will sort itself out when it graduates to the present. Thus, the curse of ‘the little brown men’.
Of course there are exceptions which include the perceivably shady village bred folk and the goody two shoes types who eat, sleep and dream of the library amidst much mockery and disdain. The result is that most eventually end up going with the flow succumbing to the pressure from their peers. So what exactly constitutes the average cycle of the HELB loan?
At first it starts as a rumor. Someone posts it on Facebook, a phone call here and there and voila, that eagerly awaited confirmation that ‘the little brown men’ have actually landed in town. It could be any amount between Sh. 5,000 to Sh. 30,000 but the excitement that it’s arrival elicits is unquantifiable.
The first step is always to reduce the amount to ‘manageable levels’. After all, student accounts are not known to host large sums of money so in order to relieve undue duress on the account it is only reasonable to withdraw a modest sum. This maiden withdrawal is usually to the tune of a couple of thousands and may be used to purchase liquor, pizza’s, chocolate and what have you. Whatever remains out of it may be squandered.
Traditionally, HELB usually arrives between a week and a weekend before the reporting date. Since comrades are still at home, it is requisite that they entertain their neighbors, extended family and fellow villagers before heading back to campus. Besides, how else will they know you are in the University?
Upon arrival, there is the little ritual of getting reacquainted with friends after a long period apart. This could be in the form of shopping, partying, raving, throwing parties, going out…well, you get the drift. Woe unto (s)he who refuses to partake in these customary practices as they shall be labeled stingy, uncool and plotless.
In the early weeks of the semester, the student center is a hub of activities as comrades flock the establishment to mingle and interact over drinks and delicacies such as beef and chicken. However, as the semester progresses, the diet gradually changes to chicken products such as eggs served with ugali. Towards the end, it will have evolved into chicken food which essentially implies cereals like green grams and githeri.
It has been established that there exists an inverse relationship between HELB and relationships. When the bank balance is high, coupling in campus is often at it’s peak often at the gentleman’s bill. When the tide in the bank account goes down, romance sinks to an all time low.
By the end of the semester, many a comrade are penniless, loveless and oblivious of the piling debt sheet at the 18th floor of Anniversary Towers where the fund’s headquarters are located. Much to the joy of the nerds and the