Hostel J, this is a female hostel that is
dominated by male students who are always maneuvering all over the corridors to
the extent they might be mistaken for janitors. In case of power blackouts ,you
won’t be surprised to find male species being the ones trying to un-trip the
circuit breakers. Rumour has it that the number of male students who spend the night
in this hostel is far much more than the female students whom the
administration designated the hostel to. This is where money invested in hostel H (Industrial Area) is spent
here .This is manifested by the amount of shopping both from reliance and ‘Mabs’
that enter this hostel during weekends. It is in this hostel where the
corridors of power are located.
It is the
hostel that houses all models and socialites in campus even those that curtain
raise school based entertainment events. With all these models, love dramas are
the order of the day as majority of the girls have seven to ten boyfriends each
from a different school .It is the sister hostel to hostel H both located in Soweto
High Rise zone. It is also the cleanest hostel second to the hostel
H, I wonder how these models survive. It is also houses salons
alongside boutiques which sell shoes with funny names such as doll shoes and
‘nitalala wapi’ handbags which carry everything from eye pencil ,eye shadow
,mascara ,foundation ,spare shoes ,lipstick ,lip balm among other beauty
related paraphernalia .It is also a pharmacy where the innocent are sent to
meet their creator, abortion that is.
Hostel G and F. These are the de-facto river road of Moi University main
Campus, whereas hostel H is the Hestgate. The duo of G and F form
the Sowematt,
these two hostels house assignment black-markets manifested by the posters
indicating the sale of research projects and proposals of all courses .This is
the favourite hangout of tired fourth years (TFYs) that are short of
time in submission of their research projects pop in for ready-made research
projects. Hostel F has washing machines where lazy male students’ heap
clothes for three weeks then take them to the washing machines. This is where
all fake certificates of merit and participation of events are produced .They
also have mini-bakeries, printing outlets, computer programme brokers and technicians and soccer
jersey distributors.
Senate view hostels. These hostels include the trio of K,
L
and M.
they are the most elegant and modern hostels in school second to Ngeria hostels
which houses the engineers. Hostel K which is a female hostel,
just like J is full of love `ndramas and vindeos`. Male residents
are always hovering along these corridors of power ignoring the `ten
to ten` rules which is a passport to 1000 cultivation days in case you
are found on the wrong side. Hostel L is the only `hermaphrodite`
hostel, it has both male and female sections which is quite free of businesses
and love dramas. This is where you are capable of viewing ‘fundamendoz’ considering
the close proximity between the two sections. Ladies in this hostel have formed
and perfected the habit of not closing their room windows. This is the only
hostel where you can comfortably communicate with your girlfriend through the
window without apologies. Hostel M which is still under
construction, yet it houses students, something the ministry of public works might
not know. It has an M-pesa which shows the firm is located in Kisumu yet it is
in hostel
M.
The Rongai flats, usually comprising
of C, D, E and F houses. This are hostels, believe you me no one would like to
live in. They are classy by the way since they are self-contained and were
housing lecturers before the accommodation crisis led to their conversion into `student
dormitories` where rooms act as cubes. From the outside your eyes might
be deceived of their state since they look old, but inside they are in a good
state. They are the only hostels which you have wake up at 6a.m so as to attend
8a.m class. During the rainy season, students from these hostels act, `papa
shirandula` Moi University version, where they either don gumboots or rubbers
while attiring their bodies with mud friendly clothes only to change
immediately they reach the tarmac or pavements. No wonder my course mate Kikuno who lived there always had a
bag, only he and God knew what was inside apart from books.
Frakaz side slums, these are the
stage based school hostels with
satirical names such as `Mwangaza` which means light yet the
area is dark at night with no proper lighting. Another satirical name for a
stage based hostel is comfort yet water is from the well 90% contaminated with
all sorts of litter inside, electricity is not a problem to the extent the
problem is electricity. Other hostels with pleasant names such as Bluegate,
Ngeria view and booker also comprise of the Frakazview hostels. These hostels
are usually inhabited by the Ever Complaining Second years (E.C.S.Y).
Lecture attendances through osmosis, diffusion and Bluetooth. Distance and online
learning are also options. Frakaz is the main lecture hall
where alcohol consumption and partying are common, must attend courses. This is
where John Mututho and his NACADA team should set an office.
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