A few seconds an elderly Professor emerges from the building
looking so angry and as if searching for someone from the curious onlookers who
at the time were looking perplexed and curios wanting to know what in the lords name was happening
in the cold Monday morning at the otherwise quite university building.
It later emerged that the lady who rushed out of the
building was a nominated Member of Parliament who happened to have registered
for a Bachelors of Art course at the University and was not willing to attend
classes claiming she had busy schedules and could not cope with daily lessons which is compulsory in the university.
She therefore opted to have a shortcut and that’s when she went to consult a professor
at the department of political science probably to bribe him to allow things run smoothly.
The No-nonsense Professor got furious at what he termed as an
undermining of his character by thinking he was as 'cheap and stupid' as those Lecturers from what he terms ‘Kiosk Universities’ who
thinks money is the solution to everything. The politician scampered out when
the Professor attempted to make calls which the politician thought was either
to the police which a few blocks away or to the ruthless Vice chancellor, who
would have ruthlessly dealt with her or tainted her name. This incident comes a
few days after a city politician graduated from a University one year after she
enrolled raising eyebrows within academic fraternity on the validity and value
of degrees issued in Kenyan universities.
The professor is known for taking matters education serious and has previously been invited in several occasions by World universities to offer lecturers out of respect and
as such he values education more than anything. It annoys him when claims are
made that Kenyan universities produces ‘half balked’ students.
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