Those Bratty, Silly University Students should Style Up!

Universities are supposed to provide temporary home to young intellectuals whose natural reason for being there is to only lay a firm ground for their future careers.

Basically, these higher institutions of learning are supposed to do that, to provide a good home through quality lectures, equipped libraries and laboratories, standard learning modules and least of least a suitable programme for extra-curricular activities. They are supposed to do that. But remember suppositions don’t automatically happen. They are uncertainties, suppositions. If they are not there, nobody should complain, not even the normally confused comrades, who always think their ‘angelic’ stature demands treatment akin to that given to every king or queen.

Among the mentioned suppositions, there is nowhere it’s indicated that primary utilities like access to 24-hour KPLC power, good food, like their grandmother’s, inviting and dancing with degree-less celebs,katiaing (sheng (for men)-means to seduce) and being katiwad (for recipients(women) to be seduced or accept the same), or being given friendly pakas (Continuous Assessment Tests), or signing contracts to befriend stones and make them travel at hundreds of kilometres per hour before landing on a lecturer’s head or lecture rooms’ shiny window panes. 

The latter, though excluded among the suppositions, is very common among  university students in Kenya. However, it is one of the looniest, silliest, prankish, and roguish things a university student can do. When they do it, then change the adjectives above, add similar ones and you get their perfect first names; Loony Kip-someone, Silly Njoki-one, Fool Onyang-one,Lunatic Wafula-one.They deserve such names.

Students still robbing the earth of its worthy inhabitants: stones, tree branches, or cars’ of their property; tyres, then foolishly throw the stones at fellow elderly human beings (lecturers, administrators, and cooks), wave drooping branches along the highway, burn tyres and choke lightly from their black smoke, do not belong to this century, to this modern generation where grievances are e-mailed, better posted on administrators’ Facebook walls, or best tweeted. They do not belong in this tech-savvy generation, instead the belong in the stone-throwing generation where their colleagues, the hunters normally stung a gazelle with a stone to get meat, where physical tantrums similar to those of a frustrated bush gatherer struggling to pull down a hanging pawpaw were the order of the day , or shouting at the top of the voice like calling down a Colobus Monkey up in a tree. I mean they belong in that generation, that age, Stone Age.

So when students, temporarily pitching camp for only four or five years at respective universities, and lately those academic HDPs (home displaced pupils) at Egerton University, decide to tell the whole world of their small minds, they should be simply dismissed and asked to go back to where they belong; The era of stones. When they insist on flexing their rather wanting elbow muscles by throwing stones, hefty fines, a number of times (ten and above) more than the cost of the stones should be instantly placed on their silly heads. And further black-listed so they do not get employed when they are done with university education.

Blacklisting is in order. Or which employer would want to get a hot-headed graduate whose only friend is a stone in his/her hand in its payroll? You say TSC. No never. Whose parent would want a silly brat as the striking university student to take custody of their child? Who would want that? Nobody wants a fake teacher who spent half of his university years on the road throwing stones and after and when in class his/her best practical example is to throw a stone in fury at the board when teaching about Isaac Newton’s Theory.

Style up!

Kenneth Marende is the Man, the Man!

First, Kudos to Kenneth Marende for his fearless declaration; for his bold choice to close doors on rambunctious politicians and open it for soberness; telling the President it’s not his way always; closing the floor for a vote in parliament which in all its intents and purposes could have sealed an unconstitutional move through a mere vote. The latter was a perfect stab on the ribs of zealous politicians who have now found a common ground in despising the rule of law by ever breaking it and had thought only being the majority they would have a clear way.

Many intellectuals agree that the law was neither adhered to the letter nor the spirit when the judicial nominations were made. So if someone thinks otherwise I fear that could not be as intellectual as it should be. When it comes to learned people like most of us, you do not expect them to foolishly agree with such blatant abuse of the supreme law in the name of amusing some bellicose old sons and/or daughters whose time, in this world, despite on the edge are eager to drop their smelly faeces on the law. It’s unacceptable and everyone with a right mind should stand in defense of the law.

Kenya’s politicians, and indeed most were formerly respected individuals before they joined politics and totally lost their minds, do not care about the law and what it says. Even though they make them, which I guess they invariably forget, they more often than not seek to turn their backs on the set rules whenever they feel they do not favour them. That’s what those lawyers, doctors, university lecturers, engineers, diplomats, respected opinion makers, now in parliament and whose vested interests are not met, are doing to the law. It’s a pity for such formerly successful people in their careers to do such. They now only think of how to amass power today, tomorrow and forever. If it means doing that at the expense of the constitution they would not waste a second but do it.

kind of digressing but related...President Kibaki, with all due respect, might go along as the Kenya’s head of state whose joy, peace and soul-harmony emanated from disrespecting the country’s rule of law.  Ex-President Moi was known for his high-hand on critics but instead of silently breaking the law he overtly changed it to suit his wishes. Kibaki has not sought for any change. He forces his wishes into the constitution even if they are in the contrary. Some might say he’s being misled by close cronies whose only interest is to maintain status quo, but as the president he should be able to make right and final decisions.

 finally...Those thinking of indicting Speaker Kenneth Marende should be reminded that their heads are seriously ill and need immediate check-up. He’s a messenger from most sober Kenyans who do not worship politicians and if you think it’s right to sacrifice the majority’s messenger then expect their wrath and it’s not Tunisia like nor Egypt’s copy of revolution but expect lots of anger.

Just by the way...

Makau Mutua’s article on Sunday Nation (13^th February) about Kalenjin was wrong, too overbearing and full of general arguments. Not all Kalenjin men and women have idolised William Ruto. No, never, period. Some are saved and worship only one God, Jehovah and no man. Rare traditionalists know of only one small god, Asis. Others have working minds and can think for themselves. While many are busy in their farms, indeed fertile lands, tilling, sowing seeds, reaping and eating well; they do not have time to follow politicians up and down. Next time he should do better.