My Early Days at Maseno University

Perhaps the first day and the early days at Maseno University will always be marked in my life as the dearest. I remember I insisted on coming from home on my own amid worried looks from my parents who according to me were only raising a storm in the tea cup.With enough rumors of freedom and the institution where anyone was treated by everybody as an adult I couldn’t belittle myself to be escorted as a form one student.On alighting from a matatu which had defied all Michuki laws; the firstthing that struck me as odd was when I was directed from College campus main gate which in my mind was the university and directed to Siriba campus which I found strange due to the grinning monkeys swinging aimlessly on branches.All around me other students trudged like drunkards carrying big suitcases to their respective halls ofregistration, I moved to the monument of Siriba campus where Arts and Social Sciences students were registering.Among the first days I frequented the Campus Palace for the bottle to shekilegi to the tunes because the money from home and the interested-rated one from HELB made me ride in cloud number nine.Looking back, I remember how we could show-off the palm toys irrespective of either it was first hand or tenth-hand from seedy backstreets of Nairobi.I was left at loose because my simuya tochi a.k.a Nokia 1100 which made my cousins take ‘photos’ cuddling it was a thousand staircases down the others.I was quickly integrated to the university slang where ‘freshers’ were being ‘ponyokwad’ with, ’resit’ was a term for failure and ‘exile’ was when your roommate ask you for time out to have a behind closeddoor meeting with a female student.My early days were fun filled and we always joke a bout it my buddies.

Sagam Community Hospital Signs MOU with Maseno University to enhance medical training in the region

Sagam Community Hospital (SCH) and Maseno University (MSU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)that establishes a joint collaboration between the two institutions to mutually offer attachments/placements for MSU medical students at SCH. This partnership will support SCH’s mission towards the provision of affordable and accessible healthcare to the surrounding community.The event was officiated by Professor Dominic W.Makawiti, the Vice – Chancellor at MSU, who also served as the signatory on behalf of the university. SCH was represented by Mr. Nelson Rogo, the Chairman of the Board at SCH. The signing was officially witnessed by Dr. Walter Obita, the SCH Director and General Manager, and Ms. Elizabeth Ayoo, Head of Legal Services at MSU.[image]Key remarks by Professor Makawiti focused on the importance of SCH as a key institution in providing health services and other interventions at the community level. He further noted that the collaboration will provide students with clinical experience at the community level. Mr. Rogo expounded on the hospital’s mission and how the collaboration with Maseno is in line withits vision for enhancing health services in the region.Dr. Obita further provided details on the the hospital’s current activities including its expansion, the partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), acquisition of hospital equipment (with assistance from MGH) and communityoutreach efforts.Other officials present included representatives from MSU, SCH and MGH including Professor Wilson Odero (Dean of the Faculty of Medicine – MSU); Dr. Benson Nyambega (Chair of the Medical Biochemistry Department – MSU); Dr. Charles Nyakinda (Chair of the Human Anatomy Department – MSU); Dr. George Ogonji (faculty member), Mr. Zephania Okelo Owiro(member of the Board – SCH); Mr. Benson Otieno (Executive Officer – SCH); Mr. Samuel Alao Orondo (Community Nurse); and Dr. Jeff Pierce (MGH). A representative fromMSU’s Public Relations Office as well as members of the media from Gulf Radio and Education News were also present.

What You Should Know About SOMU

Contempt and criticisms characterizeall kind of political and elective positions anywhere in the world. Some of these criticisms are warranted while others are mere pejoratives of prejudiced minds. S.O.M.U has had a fair share of criticisms and all who have served inSOMU have not been spared, they all have been demonized as incompetent ingrates only motivatedto “kukula pesa zetu”. Some SOMU officials are evidently very mediocre and deserve to be criticized. But it’s not justified to condemn and criticizejust for the sake of criticism and condemnation as it is evident that many are hell-bent in portraying SOMU as unresponsive, unproductive and a near useless organization. This is the single story that most have of SOMU/SGC. Misallocation of student funds, underperformance, unfulfilled promises, unresponsive members are some of the allegations making up this single story of SOMU, some of this might be true but making it the definitive story of SOMU is not okay!This single story of SOMU demoralizes the truly committed leaders; this single story will rob some of them from the credits they deserve and their dignity, this single story denies many the opportunity toparticipate in SOMU activities or even running for a given post as recently experienced where only single contestants showed up for thepost of Editor and the Organizing secretary respectively. This single story will make many blind to any kind of achievement by SOMU. How can SOMU be vocal in the national politics if it does not have the support of the students because of the contempt it is held?SOMU comprises of not only theStudent Governing Council(SGC), which everyone seems to criticize but it also comprises affiliate bodies like MUABS, MUACU, RED CROSS, MUCSA thus the criticisms do not spare such well meaning organizations as well.SOMU’s duties is simply to act as the link between the student body and the administration, to be the mouth piece of the student body and air their grievances, to work for the students and with the administration, to follow up in making enquiries and propose new ideas and bring down the administration to be student friendlyand responsive to their needs. SOMU ensures that all semester activities are conducted on time and successfully and many sacrifice both their time and energy towards this end.The expectations that we have of SOMU is an unrealistic one, we expect SOMU to do things magically, to fix that blown inflorescent tube in your room almost immediately (and you have not reported to anyone), tomake sure transcripts don’t have re-sits on them, to make the queues at the mess be shorter, to make surethat the library is fully stocked, to make sure that there is a television in every hostel. When they don’t meet this expectations the “robin hood” style, all you get is very cruel accusations against it. The roles of Maseno university administration and that of SOMU is not the same, SOMU might not do some things because it is out of theirmandate. We should all strive to recognize the correct boundaries to prevent both the exaggerated disdain, contempt for and help restore the confidence that we should have in this organization.Limited resources, falling confidencein, lack of support from student’s body and the bottleneck of bureaucracy in addressing student’s grievances and even raising funds for their activities are some problems that affects the performance of SOMU immensely.SOMU members on the other hand should strive to embrace ethics, integrity and serve with diligence, ridthemselves of tribal alliances, corruption and the culture of mediocrity which greatly hinders their performance and till they do that it is no doubt that the criticism and mistrust will always be directed to their activities.

While we Were There

Louisa says:I rem. love lane on my way to box. How come that lane never had lights maze..... was it becoz couples wanted to have some sweet sweet momentstogether ama was it jamaas used to seriously hanya that when escorting one girl back to box they didnt want to be caught with the other(s)???did lecturers really mark common courseexams the way we were like a million kwanza in comm skills??how was it possible toeat chapo beans frommabungo every singleday and yet keep the air clean, no smelly gassses were released , yet now when we eat beans in the hao air freshner inanunuliwa?rem. freshers ball, where inocent gals were slautered like chicken in the "green lodges" ooh yes a number of boys were able to become men that night. But despitethe fact that hindochawas not that appealing to the eye still those dances where great, i mean chairs all over, cham drinkers falling all over, red eyed bang takers starting fights all over but damn i miss those dances!!!woi and for as chicks the dredded"freshers" and gold rush when our once faithful men left us for fresher meat oncewe had become tired third years. its was a lesson in itself on strategic planning to keep your man, ladiesif you survived that you can with no doubtkeep your huzi's.......yenyewe lastly i miss the sound of the old"blind" guy who used to play his irutu at thestage making you realise how you have reached maseno, the university of excellence YA RIGHT!!!!!107 months agoReplies:Esther says:Mercy,Professor Kasiera was the dean of Religion in Maseno. Must say I neversaw him sober the whole time I was a student(Though I did not do religion but was famous for being mean with marks and words)24 months agoSamwel says:And r fellows like dr. John ogonji n dr. Peter oleche still? Those guys were nuts. They used 2 tell us that maths was not 4 non-luos. Pure lunacy. Guys like fwaru, sadia,ochi mbuyu, arika, kush,njenga mko wapi? Hola53 months agoClement says:yeah i remember selling cham packed in plastic bottles at one of the boom booms guys still owe me mpaka leo. i won't mentionnames but mnilipe before i do the expose55 months agoChepman says:And there was the land of Majitu.61 months agoOtiato says:Hey guys its just amazing to read these fro you and remember the old good days at maseno.I thinkthe days are gone and current students will never enjoy the charms of maseno.the love lanes, makerere everything.Iremember if you left maseno without knowing how to talk to alady, then you are doomed the rest of your days.Maseno was land of plenty,beauty,aesthetics.I think tough guys who managed to go through the rough waters as louisa puts it married their chicks from maseno and they carried all thier memories with them. Remember the CU convert guy who dedicated his life to christ as astrategy to pocket some beauty.When he discovered that he was not getting anywhere he resorted to jump in the armphtheatre dam, but luckily he was restrained.Then there was this friend of mine who could not seduce alady, so he could pay some of the sharpened guys todo the work and after he has prepared the lady in darkness, he pretends to be going for a short call and in the process the jamaa just jumps in and smash the ready made without uttering aword.reallyintersting.maseno has moulded meto be tough71 months agomercy says:there was River Kasiera? was it named after the old dean of i-don't-know-what?72 months agoJoyce says:Louisa let me try bring you to up to speed on like the changes that havetaken place since having observed no one has really answeared you.I start with our good old Mak 2.remember when it was the in thing and like all other people struggled and got strangled to secure a room,well not any more.There came new Mak which Mark you is double .that infact made the normal guys for town campus(tho i still wonder which town )guys infested and this leads me to the lovers lane.I observed keenly and you know all the staff houses eventually became departmntal offices or hostels.Casein point,rmember father Karoli ka office or chaplaincy or was it his digs.Became a hostel too.All this means that guys had more room and poor lovers lane was abandoned.In short by the time wewere leaving it was not in use.And also important to note is dearOnyango went on a tree cutting spree so most kajificheni sites were sent to oblivion.But interesting is also that the ka funny farm route shortcut to Mak from across was made better by the Bridge that was constructed along the River Kasiera.Now this is really important,we observed that there was a reduced lavatory facilities un the academic section of Siriba since prof authorised that most loos be converted to offices.A case in point is the Chemistry depatrment and if not wrong the Creative and performing arts.I have started ad i hope all masenorians of good will will keep you abreast.I did it because i know you were myfellow MAk 2 before i relocated to New Mak72 months agoLouisa says:philip lonely hearts nini72 months agomercy says:sasa ni world war 4...endelea kunitafuta73 months agoPhillip says:heidi dada lo!Kweli hata hapa nakuona!Darubini,nimekupima na pia nimekusoma,nikaona kweli umebeba!73 months agomercy says:the one and only maseno club,any entrpreneurs out there to get annaa place73 months agodenice says:yea, lets talk aboutthe memorable moments.cant forget the time we were leaving matos chips cafe when a mad woman said hi to a group of jamaas and the guys simply ignored her.i loved it when shedescended on one and asked him if he was ashamed of identifying with her."he, ukinitomba ulifiria nini. si hatanilitoka kwa room yako na sweater yako. ndio hii nimevaaa. utakataa?nilikuwa mtamu sasa mimi ni kichaa."infact she was even putting on the jamaas sweater and even his buddys identified it.couldnt believe that the kili guys could stoop that low to lay those mad women who have increased at the main campus.it was a real scene.73 months agoHezzo says:Louisa you must have enjoyed your days in Maseno. Since you can't be a fresher again why don't you consider going back as a lecturer. That is my dream, to go back and lecture at Maseno and I am not far from realising it. My only worry is that things won't be the same as my buddies during my undergraduate and soccer goons will not bethere with me. Nevertheless I am headed therecoz it made me what I am and perhaps more importantly Maseno gave mea great girlfriendfor a wife74 months agoLouisa says:i wish i was a freshar again..... ooooooh74 months agoEMMANUEL says:hey guys dyu remember the greenpark proprietor-cum chef cum waiter.he was nuts,he used to fight with students,slap his wife beforepatrons,fire staff in our presence.ohh!thats how kisii men behave.Kilimanjaro,the best hostel,with showers,water24/7,spacious rooms,pooltables.....wapi SJ,WABOMBA,ELIUD(spectator),SHEM ORINA(jakisii,orudo),.....i missmaseno.74 months agojoe says:hey guys am a first there...n mlikin every lil' bit of life....but it so sorry....a jamaa this timewas killed by a chic from baraton university. e chic gat e jamaa cavortin wit anaa chic inkili and its like she had come prepared 2 murder him. she cut his throat and twazhorrific.....otherwise e place is so cool... environment...love-lane still there louisa....and apart from komredz....therez this City Cabanas cafe....in mabung'o....and Oti's cafe on e other side74 months agoPhillip says:Att LouisaI saw you once along love lane.I stayed once at the flats in my 1st year and wow,that lane.So much has changed now days that people don´t frequent it.Tuseme ukweli hapa.Who was caught doing What.Like that doggy that was witnessed February 2003 at Kili room 33(or close)Who were those?Shoot,usiogope we shall never be together again.Hata kama ni mimi,bora i never meet your ass on the streets anywhere,Africa,asia,anywhere.Viva Kilimanjaro!75 months agoLouisa says:so how is maseno now.... love lane still exists???75 months agoMercie says:oh migosh....my poor sides are aching....if this is wat memories are made of,we need to put this down on paper.Clara...did i hear you say Mak was for saints...not in my days(/03)nah nah nah!that place was wear the worst of the devils themselves lived....wanting a place wea they could camouflage their identity...this is sooo for real...considering the chic who was murdered was from Maks,then that should just give you a tip of the iceburg!80 months agoSteve says:@Irene.. I honestlythink you have a problem.... Anyone who can offer some counselling to our friend!!!! Yes Irene...it's your kind of people who ashame the good name of Maseno graduates..80 months agoEvelyne says:Irene u can go to hell with your PNUI graduated from Maseno last year and talking about Maseno is refreshing. I meanthe matamorphosis from a naive innocent kenyan toan accomplish person against thebackdrop of the serene cool environment is something that wewil miss for a long time. The fun in Maseno and the close knit kind of family that xrises Maseno makes us want to hear things about Maseno.80 months agomimi says:CAN YOU STOP LIVING IN THE PAST AND COME TO PNU MATTERS,IF YOU DID NOT BUILD THE NATION BIOLOGICALLY IN MASENO, BUID IT POLITICALLY IN YOUR CONSTITUENCY.PNU JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!80 months agoWambui says:hi yallmemories of war songs led by Arika MC and akina Arno etc singing Mak..sio nzito, ni kama karatasi. Very funny how Rober Mudiogo used to manage tocrash all freshas bashes and end updishing out the food. Our Bball team that went to fight with villagers in bUSIA for money given by Okemo!! And the day Croco hid Mois money in his underwear na akavuliwa!!sad about those ofus who missed outon some evnts butthanx for the memories80 months agoyap,i remember those days....you and I had some fun in Institute 2 and kilimanjaro and also at the green lodge..89 months agoPauline says:wow! that's the most hilarious form of history i have ever come across.....dont know if any of you had heard of this rumour about jamaas of Kili getting those village girls to their beds...and since they were mostly barefooted....plastic papers za loaf (ile ya yellow) were valishwad on their feet,wasichafue sheets, 'specially when there was shortage of water....sasa ukienda room ya msee unakuta kadame kameachwa kanasay...."X ameenda suleeee"....yaani jamaa ako lecture91 months agoSam says:Brenda,Sorry for having hinted that you ateat Komredz! May I say that you belonged to higher aristocraticstanding?When i flash-back i can see you with that buddy of yours-(Rose,The kamkisii chick} Maneouvring yourway past a long queue waiting to be served @ Komredz.I also abandoned Komredz for his competitor neighbour from second year, after getting my full loan by chacha!I have checked all my photos i have of you, and they are mostly TF, thatbeer place next to TF called Maseno Club and several birthday bashes.So i admit i dont have any incriminating evidence!I may say you got off the hook!But for you to have known by great detail the huge chapoz, was your knowledge got thru hearsay or you just passedby Komredz and marvelled at them?98 months agoSam says:Brenda, Look on this screen and just swear that you never neeeeeeeever, eeeeeeeever ate atCOMREDZ and i will come back with some verrry incriminating evidence.You stayed in Makerere 90% of ya Uni life and it isvery unlikely that you went hungry on most days when "walking across" and revising for a CAT mattered!In any case Comredz was like one of the best restaurants around Equator Hostels, their Chapoz notwithstanding!!!!!!!!!!Now go ahead andswear!98 months agoSam says:JANET:If am not too old, that place was called"KOMREDZ". i do not know if its name changed.went there everyday i had a lunch class. Served big Chapozand flooded Ndenguz!I never knew gals also rate themselves usind The Nairobi-Shagzdivide! Now i know better! As a matter of fact, pple who came from Western Province were disadvantaged.The reason was that a gal/boy whocame from a Nyerior coastal village would boast ofhaving crossed Nairobi, and in theprocess he/she would have acquired the city's affluence and ujuaji even if through osmosis or EldoretExpressiosis!I particularly admired galz who grew up in Nairobi. They knew how to dress, but most important,they knew how to speak expressive English! In my firstLiterature class, one gal stood up to argue about therelevance of Kenyan literature in Africa. I felt she was over-praising Kenyan authors and threw in a remark whether she found favor with Kenyan writers simply because most of them came from acertain mountainous region, like she did too. So my question was simple and cheeky: Are u arguing for kinmanship or for the sake of the pen?She was piqued and came down on me, literary, " Hello, whatev'r! I don give a hake abt whatcha think!Halooooo!"It is only when Oprah Winfrey started showing on KBC that i discovered 90% ofthe words that sheused on me were from Oprah show,particularly when Oprah is putting off sex offenders! (OPRAH show had premiered on KTN) thus we fromthe Bunduz would not get this classified show!KTN was only found in Nairobi, so i hatedmyself for not having been in theloop!99 months agoDavid says:Att: ClaraWith or without EQ bado tutakunywa. siku hizi it's Ujamaa and Ghotto shop. they'll never fikia EQ but they still serve the purpose99 months agomakerere was not just for the saints. i lived there but ona slightly differnt note. It was for theshaos(guys directly from kalenjin and luhya land )who had never lived in the city and there4 thot not much waschanging in their life.A home away from home.secondly, twas a haven for the havenots.thee u wdnt worry when meal time came-u went to the mess, or mabungo kwanza that place where chapos were so big-cant rem. the name but was run by a murume- a meru guy/family. otherwise if you stayed across(sunrise)you had to go to rock, trinity joints that were kinda expe.chicks in maks. were also shying away from the mbwa kali. A guy from kili wd only go to sunrise akishamada,aendeeq. to organize for the drinking spree if really neccessary- makerere sa ngapi?so ladies were kinda safe thereinfact the love lanewas for the waywad makerere ladies who cd not have guts to stay in the room with their guys.....cozzzzzzzzzzthe washamba wd stare and maybe summonizeyou on a good sunday morningguyz from Eq who ever came to maks, came with the excuse of discussing .Anyway makerere was a very boring suite. dont let yoursisters or daughters stay there.99 months agokaded says:wuz crazy fun can'ttrade the memories 4 a mil. bucks n can do it again again but wegotta move on100 months agoJohnny says:Guyz, I have the (Maseno Murder)photos if you want to see them just click that mouse...105 months agoSam says:Attn Louisa!Go to The Sunday Starndard of 28th Aug in the Weekend Profile Page 10. The BlindOrutu man is featured besides many famous musicians! It will ba nostalgic journey to ya Maseno Days!!!!!!!!!105 months agoRose says:Att: SamSorry i never saw the murderarticle, must have bn enjoying myself somewhere in the buddus and bypassed me...must have beena horror for the students then...cant start to imagine what kind of an animal would do that to a fellow human being - shows to tell that you can never trust another!But you guys bwana, my sides are aching from all the laughing i have been doing for the past 30 mins....gosh, the things students do...it was ball those days though! why lie we had fun as student even with the cops chasing after us....105 months agoLouisa says:really never read that standard... which date was it i go back to archives please.... thanks manHahaha yes i remember that strike.... we were caught unawares.... and didnt have anywhere to take our belongings i remember i had gone across.. wacha mbio ianzee so we ran towards maseno club little did we know cops were inthose bushes...... tulifukuzwa i ended up hiding 4 people in a tiny stinking looo... yeah those were the days..........105 months agoSam says:Attn: Louisa!The old man who played Orutu outside Maseno Petrol Stn was covered comprehensively only recently in the Sunday Standard and it might have been alittle nostalgic for you, yeah?It brought back memories of yore,and now i have vowed that each tym i pass there i will donate to him something substantial coz he is a real Maseno icon!105 months agoSam says:I Tell you Rosie, Maseno was the only soap orera i ever enjoyed! The kajamaa was sortabuddy of mine too, so i have to protect his name mpaka cheeee!Lakini that storo was too hot, it rejuvenated our damp spirits, having just come from a STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!106 months agoSam says:Clara! Those saints of makererefound angels in Emabungo and Equators!!!!!!!!!!106 months agoSam says:Rose:A gal was murdered recentlyin Kilimanjaro hostels by her lover who had trailed her from home (Since she was not in session) She had borrowed from him some cash to go check out her exam results, He was a little too cleaver for her. Hehired an investigator who monitored her amorous activitiesand pounced on her just when the boyfriend had gone out to buy something! then stabbed her to death, IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!Bwana it was on CNN, how could u have missed it!106 months agoRose says:oooh my poor sides, i have laughed till i cant any more...didnt think it got any worse than it was during our times in the 90's...yeah killi was a really koinange street...good to read all about the mishaps that waylaid us then....never heard about the murder though..whatever happened Sam?106 months agoSam says:Eh, Louisa! You have captured the moment!!!!If i were R. Kelly I would sing IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HAND OF TYM!!!The Love lane to Makerere was where love was fought, won and lost. Many a tymzsi stumbled on two sweaty young hot-blooded teensgroaning in the dark and thighs parting and closing and an eerie noise being emitted by both parties with each parting!I also encounteredmany lovers gone different ways as adisgusted boy/gal would look for an opportune moment to issue awell timed BOOT on this lane tellinghis/her hapless victim the Oprah reality that went like " Pliz considerthis relationship over", despite numerous pleadings!!!! Such scenes remind meof a DVD machine,you enjoy a movie,but on pressing some button it yells at you: THIS BUTTON IS NOT USABLE NOW!!! Maybe the gal might be saying : These thighs are not partable now!Then there was a myth from the Exam department that an inebriated lecturer, hooking up with his student lover, would go to Lwanda, imbibe the solomon waters and book alodging for her. Atthis time, he remembers that he had some exam to mark, so he quickly designsa sterategic manoeuvre in education planning to both have the gal and keep his job. With the help of the gal,he draws 4 boxes on the ground andlebels them A, B, Cand D. He then starts taking the exam papers fromhis kiondo and throws them very high in the air. Those that land in Box A are given marks to the range of 80% and the Ds get 30%!!!You can guess where the girlfriend's falls!About Freshers and the Gold Rush: I stayed in Kilimanjaro and i can tell you from ahigh Pedestal that only a first hand witness and a one time partaker enjoys! This war was wholly fought,won or lost at The Maseno Red Light District otherwise called the KILIMANJARO FLATS!!It is not therefore a wonder that a nobody watchmanrecently travelled from Naivasha, wailaid his lover who was cheating on him, found her in KILIMANJARO HOSTELS sipping Tusker, listening to Celine, ready for a sexual encounter as she waited for the Boyfy who had dashed outside to buy a packet of chips and most probably another pack of TRUST condoms then Butchered her there!! Kilimanjarois a real Koinange bwana!Ranging from infidelity to gal fights, Kilimanjaroruled! As a fouth year, i witnessed what (until the recent murder in the hostel) had become the classic unrivalled reputation of a sex-house.Freshers had come and there was this third yeartaking COMPUTER SCIENCE who had had his very long-lasting galfriend who washis year-mate. Thegal was depressedthat the guy was not even communicating properly with her of late. But the reason was there for all to see: FReshers had come!!! She caushad for some time, but then oneevening at about 8:30 pm decided to pay him an impromptu visit, maybe to engage in the obvious!She found her very guy entangled with a curvacious, bootilicious Fresher making love but had forgotten to lock the door. The Girl fist fought and theuproar experienced still remains as the most interesting i have yet seen. A bite here, a yell there, a miss kick there! The Fresheramorous gal was no match for her experienced mate so she was forced to flee to SUNRISE wholly naked!!!!

Maseno Plans to Open New Campus in Siaya

Siaya county is set to have a university campus.The county government yesterday signed an agreement with the Maseno University to establish a constituent campus in the region.Vice chancellor Prof Mark Awiti said the university will start offering courses at the Agricultural Training Centre in Siaya from this month. He said the university will focus on courses that will make a positive impact on the lives on Siaya residents.Awiti said the university will offer technical courses which most universities ignore, as there are no middle-level colleges to offer the courses in Siaya."We should move away from the trend of creating white collar jobs,"he said.Awiti was speaking during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at Governor Cornel Rasanga's office.The governor assured employees of the Agricultural Training Centre, where the campus will be established, that they will not lose their jobs. He said the two institutions will coexist."Let me assure the public that employees of ATC will not be laid off once Maseno University kicks off its programmes," the governor said.Rasanga commended the universityfor the initiative and said the county government will improve facilities in the institution and build a modern library.The meeting was attended by Deputy Governor Ouma Onyango, county secretary Kepher Marube and chief of staff Alois Obare among others.Onyango proposed that the county government and the university forms a team that will oversee the establishment of the campus.

Mr&Miss Maseno 2014/15 Crowned

Maseno University held a successful beauty pageant that sawsecond year Ashton Pravin and second year medicine and surgery student emerge as Mr. and Miss Maseno respectively. The well organized and attended event was graced by Swahili Shakespare Rabbit, Kenrazy and a motley of other top acts.Dj Hassan and DJ P Scratch were on the decks and as usual they did not disappoint. The Dj was quoted as saying: "Wah...MASENO ive got mad mad mad respect to you...over 10,000 people have turned up for this crazy ,insane party !!!."Kisumu based Jamtaa and Churchil protégé Owago Onyiro emceed in the event.

What Campus Girls can do to Men

I have never been the kind of lady who sympathizes with men but on this occasion, I had to climb down my feminist pedestal and feel sorryfor a brother. He had exhausted all the ‘mistaris’ trying to convince the beauty to go and spend the night inhis room. She was a beautiful one by all means. She was in a small white dress with red heels. Half of her brown thighs were showing and the bright light made things look much more inviting, to the guyof course! One could almost smell the lust in the air as the guy would occasionally try to reach the girl’s waist (or bum?) much to her annoyance. They must have been from town as she was carrying a well loaded Tusky’s shopping bag. From the look of things, a brother had dented his HELB balance to please her. She was worth every penny though- every woman is.At this point the guy must have ran out of all avenues to get the sister give it up to him.  He must have surrendered to the heavens but they only seemed to respond with more down pour; seemingly weeping on his behalf or perhaps buying more time for him to get a bit creative. He didn’t because she always had a counter argument to everything he had to say. Trust smart women to eat their cake and have it at the same time. I am hopeless romantic, the guy seemed to worship at the altar of hopeless romance too, hence my bias towards him in the unfolding drama.The Alchemist’s assertion that “if you want something so badly, the entire universe will conspire and give it to you” was being put to its very own test. I have never seen a man want a woman sooo badly! He was on the verge of desperation and you know how unsightly things can get when a guy is desperate. Thank goodness he did not cry or kneel! For us women, we could always excuse desperation with ‘love’ or even good old drama queen syndrome but for a man, ah ah, Nimekataa!No matter how bad things are, a man has to put himself together and remain a man for heavens’ sake! Get creative or even plain rude and salvage your image as a man. Tell her she is not your type after all (ok, not creative) or tell herthat her cheeks sag (haha! Don’t trythis at home)! For sanity’s sake, please don’t take away anything you had bought her when she declines you. Just walk away the minute she plays hard ball and trust me, she will come running after you in a matter of weeks, we always do. Nothing intrigues us more than a guy who is not keen on chasing after us. We cherish theattention and suspense that comes with being chased; we always look forward to the next card that will be pulled and given this kind of excitement, most of us wouldn’t mind being chased by the same guy for ages without giving in! At least until the biological clock begins to click loud enough for us to hear. Ever wondered why ladies tend to fall for players so hard? Well, they are bad for our self esteem and to prove that we still have it, we have to do the chasing! Corny as it may sound, it is true; sorry for busting your bubble girls! No woman wants to live with the thought that she failed to make a certain man weak.I didn’t get to know how things ended as I left before the rain had completely stopped as it was getting late. On my way I couldn’t help but sympathize with the guy. He must have sent his roommate to exile and tidied up his place in anticipation for the night. He must have spent an arm and leg shopping for the lady in order to please her but what did he get in return? brokenness the next few weeks or so and a crushed ego (or heart?!) I imagined him spending the cold night alone or maybe going to spend it with that one girl who has always been eager to be his girlfriend but whom he has friend-zoned for obvious reasons. Icould imagine him making up stories to his friends the next day about how interesting the night hadbeen with his princess. Or maybe, just maybe, the universe had conspired after all and given him the woman of his dreams for the night and sooner or later I shall getan invite for their wedding! That is officially on my wish list, he really should get her. I know a man with love when I see one, and he truly was.I do not know either of them and have never seen them again since then but every night as I lie down and do my night time prayers, I always pray that the couple will happen someday. Perhaps I am just engaging myself with what does not even remotely concern me but to all hopeless romantics out there, let us hold on to love andkeep praying for each other; someday we shall all live happily ever after!  Can I get an Amen please, anyone?! And oh, ladies, he was not the tall, dark and handsome type…too bad.