WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA NEVER VISITED UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI President Obama never visited Nairobi University popularly known as UON despite its proximity to the city square during his late visit. It is believed that president Obama the leader of the free world intentionally avoided UON due to various reasons. Despite the threats in the letter written by SONU chairman Babu Owino the leader of the free world avoided UON. in his letter address to the U.S ambassador Babu owino described the disappointment of the students due to the university missing out in the schedule of U.S presdent. However, president Obama avoided the university due to the following reasons President obama tight schedule. Obama had a tight schedule with every minute of his time being accounted for, ranging from family issues to state affairs. He had little time to spare for U.N visit. Threats in the Babu Owino letter Following the threats in the SONU chairperson letter the leader of the free world may be wanted wanted to test the waters. In his letter 18 students had promised to commit suicide if president obama fails to step in the university while 31 female students had promised to urinate on the tree president obama planted during his visit in 2006. May be SONU chairperson should learn proper language to use while requesting for such a visit in the future instead of using cheap threats. The university history The institution has in the past been involved in mass demonstration blocking the busy streets of Nairobi. Recently a student was killed in the university and there have been subsequent deaths in past still in the same university. The garrissa attack. The garrissa university massacre that left over 147 dead majority of whom were students at the garissa university college also may have pushed away the US president. Abdulilahi a law graduate at the university of Nairobi was one of the terrorists that plotted the garrissa massacre. President Obama may be may have been unhappy with this character and therefore avoided the university. Protocol used to request for Obama visit. Instead of Babu Owino requesting for the president visit the vice chancellor could have written the letter himself. May be the letter was not taken seriously following the inclusion of Babu’s threats. The ambassador may have ignored the SONU chairman for their own reasons. If vice chancellor had written the letter may be the matter could have been taken with weight.
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WHY UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET'S PROBLEMS WONT END SOON. University of Eldoret recently has been faced with continued problems that has seen temporally closure of the university twice within one year. This comes after the university was awarded charter by his Excellency Mwai Kibaki. According to most local politicians vice chancellor proff Akenga is the source of problems in the institution. University of Eldoret was awarded charter in the year 2013 February after a persistent pressure by the then minister of higher education Margaret Kamar. According to reliable sources the institution was not qualified for charter award. President Kibaki gave the institution charter due to pressure from the higher education minister who hailed from the institution as a professor previously before successfully contesting for Eldoret East constituency and later being appointed to the docket. The institution according to reliable statistics can only be compared to third world developing countries in terms of development. It is evident that the institution did not qualify for award of charter. The institution just like third world countries is suffering from poor management, dictatorship by top most management, poor infrastructures and continued strikes. The university will have to endure these conditions for the time being since in any society change is gradual. With the poor response to students complains and inappropriate channels for handling students request the university will have to put up with this wrangles. Currently the university has suspended first and second years though information that is reliable has it that some students have moved to court to protest the decision of the university senate. According to some local resident the university won’t have peace unless the current vice chancellor is transferred. They believe that she is the source of the university instability. The anonymous individual for fear of victimization said that the V.C has been favoring people from western region in terms of employment. He cited that the institution has so many lecturers from western region as compared to those from locals. As it stand the university wrangles won’t end any soon unless the local resident refrain from being hostile to the university management and particularly the current V.C. The local politicians should not interfere with the management of the institution. May be someone should advice them that higher education has not being devolved and is not going to be devolved any time soon. Someone should advice them to give priority to ECD and leave alone the university to the national government. Furthermore Uasin Gishu County has more problems for them to think about and solve they should direct that surplus energy to solving county problems rather than interfering with the institution. |
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