Day
Walkers; this are comrades who never engage in anything
academically constructive during the day. They engage in time consuming or
rather time wasting activities like playing
FIFA, walking to and from stage and
inter hostel commuting. If you adopt this habit from the experts you might
see stars during exams as the experts usually hole themselves in their
rooms or on the upper floor of the library “hapo
kwa Maggy” MTL ,at night to
engage in serious reading. Since this is not high school where you can easily
establish whether one is reading or not reading due to prep time, at campus
there are no preps.
The
Examiners; this are comrades who literally hijack the role of
the exam coordinator or is it “cortinator” as my aide de camp and class
representative Kimutai puts it. They have the ability to foretell questions
which will come during the main exam and come up with answers which they
usually put in soft copy, “Mwaks”, which is an external hard disc which is very effective
for intellectual reinforcement during the exam period. They also go ahead
and manipulate sitting positions so as to have an intellectual stronghold
where all examiners sit together as an emergency measure incase their
prediction “bounces” or hits the wall they can pull their intellectual
resources together and come up with answers through coming up with a sort of intellectual Sacco or merry go round kind of thing.
Book
Wormers; this are comrades who came to the varsity to read,
they did not read to come to the varsity as most comrades. Their lives revolve
around their rooms, lecture halls and library. They are allergic to any
co-curricular activities from watching football to storytelling. They just live
their lives.
The
Traditionalists; I usually don’t like referring to them
as villagers,
this are comrades whom I can hypothetically say went to Otieno Oyoo
primary school, Otieno Oyoo secondary school then finally through God’s favour Moi
University. This are comrades who blame any unlucky happening within campus to
their angry neighbors who aren’t happy with their successful exploits in the
varsity. You can overhear them saying “hao watu wa kwetu wananifuata hadi main
campus” “people are following me from the village.” They are always
amazed by everything from storey buildings to female comrades wearing trousers.
A good friend of mine Joshua Ongechi once told me that if a campus lady ever
appears in their village somewhere in Kisii, in trousers, miniskirts and other my
dress my choice kind of attires, women would call each other out to
come witness eschatology, the end times as such an occurrence is only heard off.
Die
Hards; this are comrades who never fail to turn up for any
soccer match being screened from Student Centre whether it is Queens
park Rangers against Nottingham Forest or Muhoroni Youth against Kenya Revenue
Authority. They are always there, they seem to be the best footballers who
should be awarded the Baloon d or and the best coaches as
they always give recommendations on what a player should have done you will
overhear them saying ‘io ball angeplace but alishoot’ ‘He should have placed
for precision but he opted to shoot’. They also seem to be coaches as they also
seem to have the best formation to be deployed and the player who should play
where and who should be on the bench. They have Jerseys of their respective
teams with their nicknames as “Jahome” at the back.
Opinion
Givers; this comrades never fail to have opinions in any
issue, any issue in this case is every issue even those they aren’t concerned. This
are comrades who no matter how hard you try writing an article they will look
out for spelling mistakes or use comments such as “nani ako na mkebe ya omo
imeisha nataka kuwekea pegs’, ‘who has an unused tin of detergent help me with
I use it to store my pegs’ or ‘hii hand out ni how much kwa photocopier,’ ‘how
much does this handout go for at the photocopier.’
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