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AT A GLANCE

How to PassUniversity Exams

Panua Msamiatiwako

University HostCBC training.

Prof. Wilson Kipngeno-UoK Vice-Chancellor

Vice-Chancellor’s MessageI laud the inception of the 1st Edition of The University of Kabianga

Newsletter. The news letter registers another landmark in the growth

of The University. It is my anticipation that the newsletter will not

only be a platform to share information but as well a reflection of the

University’s commitment in providing high quality training, research

and extension services that meet customer requirement and

endeavor to exceed their expectations.

Quarterly publication from the office of the Vice-Chancellor JUNE,2019

The University of Kabianga

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"THE VARSITY VICE CHANCELLOR, PROF. WILSON KIPNGENO,

LAUDS THE INCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KABIANGA

NEWSLETTER AS A TOOL OF MARKETING AND SHARING OF

INFORMATION TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PERSONS"

INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE

How to pass University Examinations Often, a number of students fail their

regular university examinations and

have to be given a second or even

third chance before they finally pass

the same. A number of reasons ac-

count for this scenario. The overarch-

ing reason is lack of seriousness on the

side of the affected students. I say so

because to the best of my

knowledge, it is quite easy to pass

university examinations. At the start of

every semester, every course lecturer

outlines whatever is to be covered.

Some students do not take cogni-

zance of this. Again, every lecturer will

make every effort to studiously cover

the course content and guide stu-

dents on how to read further. Unfortu-

nately, a few students have the habit

of missing lectures while others attend

lectures unprepared. By attending

lectures unprepared we mean that

they do not pay keen attention to the

discussions during the session and

sometimes fail to take short notes ap-

pertaining to the lessons. Another rea-

son for failing an examination is be-

cause some students are bogged

down looking for fees whereas others

have a challenge getting adequate

resources for their upkeep. Similarly,

unhealthy relationships distract some

students thereby making them not

prepare adequately for their exami-

nations. These are some of the rea-

sons that lead some to fail to pass in

some units. We briefly wish to consider

how to overcome some of these chal-

lenges so as to forestall any possibility

of failing in any paper.

One way of handling financial con-

straints is by preparing well in ad-

vance. During long holidays, you must

think of ways of raising some income

before the start of the semester. Short

term projects like horticulture, poultry

keeping or even rearing of fast-

maturing livestock such as goats and

sheep

By: Dr. E. Kisururia Lecturer School of

Arts and Social Science

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP The Art of Teaching at the University of Kabianga

The School of Education held a successful training

on Pedagogy for the University Academic Staff. The

two day workshop was graced by the University

Vice Chancellor Prof. Wilson Kipng’eno who laud-ed the event and ask the school to regularly plan

for such workshop to training and equip academic

staff on pertinent issues on teaching in Universities.

The key note speaker for the event, Prof S.W. Wa-

changa (Egerton University) addressed various are-

as including professionalism in University teaching

and learning for quality outcomes. Prof Wachanga

urged lecturers to embrace technology during lec-

tures to make it more interesting.

From left to right Dr. Rioba, Dean SAB, Dr. Tabot,HoD CIEM, Photo/Lilan

Education students, during lecture/ Photo Lilan

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UoK sensitize its academic staff on CBC

The competence Based Curicullum (CBC) has been the talk of town. As part of getting acquainted with the new curriculum The University held a training to equip its staff about the CBC, speaking during the workshop Kenya Institute of Curriculum Develop-ment,

(KICD) Dr. Obudho Omondi gave indepth analysis and merit as to why the country should embrace the new competency based curriculum citing four pillars that a learner will achieve during the training. The event was an eye opener to university to align its course to fit the new curriculum which will be implemented in next few years as the first patch are in grade three.

Participants during CBC training at the Senate Chambers

FURAHIA USHAHIRI

Kimsingi fasihi yoyote ile ni sanaa ya lugha. Ushairi ni utanzu mkongwe zaidi wa

fasihi ya lugha na jamii yoyote. Kawaida ya ushairi, katika lugha iwayo yoyote

ile, ni kwamba hutumia lugha ya mkato kuwasilisha ujumbe wake. Lugha ya

aina hii husheheni mafumbo ainati. Hiki ndicho chanzo kikuu cha wengi

kushindwa kuelewa mashairi mengi na hivyo kuchangia kutoyafurahia. Lakini

kumbuka kwamba bila matumizi ya lugha kisanaa fasihi si fasihi tena. Kwa kweli

usanii huu, kukiwemo matumizi ya ufumbaji, ndio msingi wa kuifanya sanaa ya

ushairi kuwa adhwimu na ya kupendeza milele yote. Pengine ndiyo sababu kuu

inayofanya ushairi usichakae daima dawamu. Ufumbaji katika ushairi unaweza

kuchukua mkondo wa matumizi ya jazanda, taswira, kejeli, uhuishaji, chuku au

hata kutumia mandhari kuwasilisha wazo fulani. Mbinu zingine ambazo washairi

hupenda kutumia ni pamoja na tashtiti, ku-chezea sauti au maneno,

usambamba, ugeuzaji wa miundo ya sarufi, utohozi, inkisari, mazida, vitate,

lugha ya kale na kadhalika. Wengi wetu tumezoea lugha ya nathari na hivyo

kuona ushairi, ambapo mbinu hizi zimezagaa, kuwa ni kama usiku wa giza

totoro. Swali linakuwa ni tufanyeje ili kuufurahia ushairi wowote ule?

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FURAHIA USHAHIRI

Jambo la kwanza ni kujizoeza kusoma mashairi mara kwa mara na kujaribu kuyahakiki ili kupata maudhui yaliyomo pamoja na mbinu mbalimbali za lugha zilizo-tumiwa. Huwezi kumshinda adui bila kumjaribu kila wa-kati ili ujue mbinu za kumshinda. Wavyele husema ban-du bandu huisha gogo. Pili, lazima ujitahidi kusoma mashairi ya nyakati za zamani kwa wingi. Haya mashairi, hasa ya Kiswahili, yameandikwa kwa kutumia lahaja za Kiswahili. Msamiati mwingi wa kale na hata wa lahaja hizo umevavagaa katika mashairi haya ya jadi. Bado washairi wengi wa kisasa wanatumia msami-ati kama huo ili kutosheleza haja ya vina au mizani. Kuyasoma mashairi ya jadi basi hukupa fursa ya kujifun-za maneno kama hayo adimu na yasiyo ya Kiswahili sanifu. Unapokumbana na maneno kama hayo katika shairi lolote inakuwa rahisi kujua maana yake. Tatu, ni muhimu kujifahamisha kuhusu mbinu mbalimbali za sa-naa ya lugha, namna zinavyotumika na maana zinazo-beba. Mbinu rahisi kama vile matumizi ya methali na tamathali nyingine za usemi zisiwe kikwazo kwako kati-ka kulielewa shairi lolote. Mwanafunzi mzuri ni yule anayemudu msamiati wa lugha ndani nje. Semi ni se-hemu tu ya msamiati mpana katika lugha. Sharti uwe na uelewa wa semi nyingi na maana zake. Nne, itakufaa pakubwa ukielewa mazingira yako. Kuna mambo mengi yanayotokea katika mazingira na fasihi yoyote huchota kutoka katika hayo mazingira. Upofu wa mazingira yako basi utakufanya upate ugumu kati-ka kuelewa ujumbe wa mashairi mengi na hivyo kutoyafurahia.

Mifano michche itasadifu kupambanua tuliyoyataja.

Mwanafunzi yeyote wa Kiswahili au mpenzi yeyote wa

Kiswahili yafaa awe amesoma tenzi za jadi. Utenzi wa

Al Inkishafi umesheheni taswira chekwachekwa. Tena

unachukua aina mbili za taswira – ya uoni na ya hisi.

Bila kutambua namna Nassir alivyofinyanga taswira hizi

ili kuwasilisha ujumbe wake utabaki umeemewa tu.

Naye Mwana Kupona binti Msham ametumia taswira

pamoja na istiara katika kumwasa bintiye katika Utenzi

wa Mwana Kupona. Utenzi wa Fumo Liyongo nao

umefumwa kwa chuku kote kote. Kwa yakini, una-

pousoma huu utenzi unashindwa kama mhusika mkuu

ni binadamu au kiumbe kutoka sayari nyingine. Mpenzi

wa Kiswahili hatakosa kusoma mashairi ya Muyaka bin

Haji. Kama hupendi ushairi wenye msamiati mwingi wa

Kiarabu basi soma ushairi wa Muyaka unaotumia lugha

nyepesi inayoeleweka kwa urahisi. Tena hutachoka

kusoma mashairi yake mengi ya kikwamba ambapo

ama anachezea maana za maneno au anachezea

sauti tu. Kama unapenda matumizi ya kejeli, soma

haya mashairi ya Muyaka pia. Abdilatif Abdalla katika

Sauti ya Dhiki anatumia jazanda kwa wingi ili kuwasi-

lisha ujumbe wake. Aidha ametumia vitanza ndimi kati-

ka baadhi ya mashairi. Kama wewe ni mpenzi wa kazi

za kilimbwende, soma Utenzi wa Mwana Manga uone

namna mtunzi alivyousifia urembo wa mpenzi wake

toka kichwani hadi wayoni. Haya ni baadhi tu ya

mashairi ya jadi yanayokudokezea utamu wa kumtoa

nyoka pangoni ambao unapatikana katika mashairi ya

Kiswahili.

Wanaojua husema utamu wa ngoma umo kwenye kui-

cheza hiyo ngoma. Na wengine huongeza kwamba

utamu wa wimbo hujulikana ngomani. Cheza ngoma

ya ushairi usikie utamuwe!

By: Dr. E. Kisururia

Lecturer School of Arts and Social Science

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAY

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year. It is a focal point in the

movement for women’s rights.After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909 in New York,

the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Confer-ence suggested a Women's Day be held annually.

After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.

The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries

until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations. Today, International Women's Day is a public

holi-day in some countries and largely ignored elsewhere. In some places, it is a day of protest; in

others, it is a day that celebrates womanhood.

The day is not without controversy with some argu-ing that some women have adopted it for

misandric purposes.

The theme for International Women's Day 2019, which which took place on 8 March, is “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”. Prevents women from developing and influencing gender- responsive innovations to achieve transformative gains for society.

Across the world women make positive gains day by day. However now, more than ever, there's a

strong call-to-action to press forward and progress gender parity. A strong call to motivate and

unite colleagues and communities to think, act and be gender inclusive.

At the University of Kabianga we be joined the world in celebrating the Women’s Day. Our events team prepared a calendar of activities for the week; Monday 4 March – Friday 8 March.

This event was open to all staff, PhD, Masters and undergraduate students in all Schools, of any

gen-der. We took an inclusive approach to gender, based on self-identification.

By: Gender Department.

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The National Prayer Breakfast

The National prayer Breakfast was held on 30th

May, 2019. It is normally held on the last Thursday

of the month of May. The motive is to ensure that

men and women in leadership owe their privileges

and responsibilities before God to pray, engage,

interact and pray together. The purpose is to bring

all sectors to pray and bring Kenya to where it

should be and to fight corruption from a multi –sectoral perspective for a corrupt free country. All

people humble themselves before God meditate

and ask themselves where they are heading to as

individuals. This idea was mooted in 1987 by Ka-

lonzo Musyoka to rally parliamentarians to hold

prayers for guidance but it did not work out due to

divergent and radical views, despite having one

party in the country. After the successful elections

of 2002, some parliamentarians came together to

pray and thank God and this has consistently

been observed since then. There were representa-

tives from Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Ethiopia,

South Sudan, Nigeria, Congo Brazaville, Rwanda,

Burundi, USA, UK, China, South Korea and Trinidad

and Tobago.

The sub theme was “The Challenge Facing Reli-gious Political Leaders in shaping the moral de-

cay” with a major theme of “The Dawn of a New Kenya”. This session was officially opened by the Speaker

of the National Assembly Mr. Justin Muturi. The Na-

tional Conservation was an open forum for brain-

storming possible solutions to issues that affect the

country.

Various issues affecting the country were discussed

by a cross section of individuals, they include:-

Rampant corruption in the country, instilling values

in youth, education status, social issues affecting

the youth e.g. pregnancy, rape, abortion, suicide,

lack of role models, parenting, politics and religion

among others. Members formed groups, discussed

and made resolutions which were later presented

to all members. These resolutions were read during

the prayer breakfast and a document on the

same handed over to the President for possible im-

plementation by concerned offices.

Participants were drawn from various categories of

people across the country, prayer groups, CEOs.

They included the following groups;

Nairobi Prayer, Parliamentary, Boulevard, Karen,

Muthaiga Club, Loresho, Nakuru Prayer group,

Bishops, Pastors from various religious groups,

imams, Vice Chancellors and other Corporate

heads (CEOs) Deans of Students (Public and Pri-

vate Universities), University students, Youth

Groups, Ten year old children from each county,

Civil Servants, teachers and other opinion leaders

from across the divide.

Africa Youth Leadership Forum (AYLF) is collabora-

tive initiative renown for training, mentoring, net-

working and exposing University student leaders to

opportunities which have seen them take up high-

er levels of leadership responsibilities for twelve (12)

years now. It seeks to nurture a new breed of lead-

ers in Africa and one of the programmes run by

AYLF to achieve this is the University Student Lead-

ers’ Award (USLA) Programme.

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Some of the organizers are members of the Na-

tional Prayer Breakfast Committee.

The Programme’s main objectives are to:

Train the student leaders on values and char-

acter development

Enhance their leadership abilities as well as pos-

itively change the leadership culture (ethos)

and ideology within the institutions.

Recognize and award the exemplary student

leaders to inspire transformational leader-

ship.

Lay a firm foundation for future leadership.

Awards were given to various students at the Gala

where each of the best five student leaders re-

ceived a trophy and a cash reward of Ksh. 50,000

to encourage them to keep doing their work and

facilitating change in society. The Awards Gala

was done on Wednesday 29th May 2019. Many

students participated and made it to the end but

only four (4) from four universities were awarded

namely,

ST. Paul’s, Mount Kenya, Chuka and Egerton. University of Kabianga (UoK) students participated

in the programme to get exposure and create visi-

bility for the university. After the prayer breakfast,

Students were taken to Lukenya University for the

training which ended on 2nd June, 2019. Having

acquired the skills, we hope they will participate

and be among recipients of awards in 2020. Uni-

versities have partnered with AYLF through KUDSA

in order to provide leadership training, mentorship,

and international exchange programmes to pre-

pare our students for governance in corporate

and the global labour market.

The national conversation brings various groups of

people together. We discussed with members of

an (NGO) ASHOKA which collaborates with SKOL

Foundation to provide practical training for short

courses and financial support.

Areas of focus are:- Arresting Deforestation ·

Clean Energy · Clean Water · Early Childhood

to Primary Education · Education · Environmen-

tal Sustainability · Financial Services · Health

Delivery · Human Rights · International Justice ·

Livelihoods · Living Conditions · Peace · Post-

Secondary Education · Responsible Supply

Chains · Sanitation · Secondary Education ·

Smallholder Productivity · Standards · Water

Management · Women's and Girls' Education ·

Youth Job Skills. This may be of interest to all

schools of UoK. Website ASHOKA

The event was properly organized since it gave

participants an opportunity to reflect on their ac-

tions, performance in their work places and inter-

personal relationships. Members also discussed

issues candidly with an open mind and suggested

solutions.

By: Dr M.G. Wosyanju– Dean of Students.

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KENYA UNIVERSITIES PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLORS

ASSOCIATION (KUPCA) WORKSHOP HELD ON AT

UNIVERSITY OF KABIANGA (UoK) TOWN CAMPUS

KUPCA is a registered organization (registration

number 33613) whose membership includes all

practicing Public and Private University Counsellors

and Assistant Deans from all universities in Kenya.

On May 8th& 9th 2019 University of Kabianga host-

ed KUPCA workshop in Kericho Town Campus. The

event was attended by a representation of four-

teen (14) Universities with a total of fifty seven (57)

members.

The workshop whose theme was: “Youth and Men-tal Health; Talk to somebody. It is OK not to be

Ok”was opened by the UoK, Deputy Vice Chan-

cellor (Academic &Student Affairs) on Wednesday

8th May 2019 and was closed by the UoK, VC on 9th

May 2019. The chairperson of KUPCA highlighted

the challenges facing the youth at college level in

Kenya today. She emphasized that it was the

counsellors ‘core mandate to address these issues. These challenges included suicide, drug addiction,

relationships, career choices and inability to cope.

She put it up to KUPCA that they were the profes-

sional body that will have to look for the solutions

to these challenges.

Day one had a presentation on Prevalence and

Predictive Factors about Trauma. Participants dis-

cussed the effects of counselling on the counselor.

It was agreed that counselling as a helping service

takes toll on the counselor and leads to depression

if the counselor does not receive constant profes-

sional supervision. It was mandatory that all stu-

dent counselors be facilitated by their institutions

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Participants at the KENYA UNIVERSITIES PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLORS ASSOCIATION (KUPCA)

Day one had a presentation on Prevalence and

Predictive Factors about Trauma. Participants dis-

cussed the effects of counselling on the counselor.

It was agreed that counselling as a helping service

takes toll on the counselor and leads to depression

if the counselor does not receive constant profes-

sional supervision. It was mandatory that all stu-

dent counselors be facilitated by their institutions

to attend supervision and debriefing .

Discussion on suicide and homicide generated

suggestions and comments due to many cases ex-

perienced in the country. It was found that these

two forms of death were rampant among the

youth in the universities and young couples. Due to

depression, students take their lives, students’ tem-pers hung on the loose ends and they easily turn

on their friends and kill them. Both suicide and

homicide are a result of mental illness and the per-

petrators of these acts need to be reached and

assisted other than being prosecuted. It was pro-

posed that Counselors must find out the cause of

depression among students and work out solutions

that will save the situation.

Addiction, depression and coping mechanisms

were also discussed. It was observed that drug

barons succeed because they have clear-cut net-

works that are tightly linked, well defined and easi-

ly identifiable by all the members involved. Drug

addicts have their own networks and work as

teams that are linked across towns. They know the

dealers they buy from by name and address and

they are responsible for recruiting new users. It

emerged that counselors and those who are in the

war against drug addiction are making no pro-

gress because they do not work together as a

team nor do they respect and recognize each

other as partners in a common fight. Instead they

often antagonize each other.

Depression among students is as a result of realiz-

ing their worthlessness as reflected on the success

of others that they witness on the social media or

see among fellow students who are rich and fa-

mous even while still at the university. Depression

therefore is majorly tied to hopelessness and failure

to see any promises that the future holds.

Students should seek counselling and also go for

medication. It was recommended that universities

should teach life skills as a course and integrate

counselling as a unit in all courses. Parents have

abdicated their role by entrusting their children

wholly to house helps and teachers. Children are

left on their own doing all the essential things for

themselves and when t when they get stuck they

have nobody to turn to so they get depressed and

resort to suicide or homicide.

By: Monica Okubo– Student Counselor

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PANUA MSAMIATI WAKO

Hebu tuchukue nafasi ndogo hapa ili kujifahamisha kuhusu msamiati wa utawala katika Chuo

Kikuu. Kawaida ni kwamba tumezoea msamiati wa Kiingereza wa nafasi za utawala na vyeo

katika muktadha wa Chuo Kikuu. Tumetoa maneno machache kama ifwatavyo:

Kiingereza Kiswahili

Chancellor Mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu

Vice-Chancellor Makamu Mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Naibu Makamu Mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Naibu Makamu Mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu, Taaluma

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration Naibu Makamu Mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu, Utawala

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Naibu Makamu Mkuu wa Chuo Kikuu, Utafiti

Principal Rasi

Deputy Principal Naibu Rasi

Director Mkurugenzi

Coordinator Mratibu

Dean Mtiva

Head of Department Mudiri wa Idara

Iwapo una matatizo kuhusu msamiati wa kurejelea nyadhifa zingine katika Chuo Kikuu, tafadhali

wasil-iana nasi katika kitengo cha Kiswahili.

By: Dr. E. Kisururia

Lecturer School of Arts and Social Science

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The University of Kabianga 2nd South-West Mau Cross Country Pictorials

From left to Right Vice-Chancellor Prof. Wilson Kipngeno Awards the winner In the concluded Mau Cross-Country./ Photo Nicholas Langat

From left to Right Dean SNREM and DVC (A & F) Receiving trophy, UoK Staff team / Photo Nicholas Langat

Prof. E. Omwenga DVC (A& SA) /Photo Nicholas Langat

Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic and Students Affairs Prof. E. Omwenga gives his speech during the Cross-Cross country event as the chair of the local organizing committee which Co–Chaired with Prof. E. Koech (DVC A & F).

He welcome the support from more sponsors and thanked those who sponsored the event. He appealed to sponsors and well wishes to support the 3rd Cross Country Edition.

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The University of Kabianga 2nd South-West Mau Cross Country Pictorials

From left to Right Dr. V. Ngeno (HoD EAPM) Prof. Kipngeno VC, During Cross Country./ Photo Nicholas Langat

From left to Right Corporate team During Cross Country, Prof. E. Koech DVC ( A & F) / Photo Nicholas Langat

From left to Right VC Prof. W. Kipngeno Receiving Cheque from Equity Bank, Corporate team During Cross Country

/ Photo Nicholas Langat

SUNSHINE POEM

The first ray of the orange-hued sun penetrates

The first sight the eyes open themselves to

A reminder of the days light flowed

In the streets and countrysides unmeasured

With a ruling ambience and power so mighty

Before the dark side swallowed our hearts

Before mornings turned to mournings

And search for the dead superceded that of the lost

When love lost was never found

When green begginings were a trap

A way to assert our strength and class

When divisions made in unknown meetings

Held an order so real our minds could not fathom

The days we prayed without words

Silently searching our hearts

For the last remaining believable piece

Taking ourselves before the saviour we had abandoned

The one we knew not of

When the classes dividing were so deep

They got entrenched in our unborns' minds

The days we said our cries were heard no matter what

We fought for survival and forgot community

Single heads walked and talked not their walk

Our values mixed and turned upside down

We always had suppertime as a family

We always had fun times in our streets

We stole and hid the proceeds together

We laughed and cried together

With heavy hearts and hardened souls we parted

Like strangers in a new land

A world where we pretended for our wellbeing

A time when everything was confusing

Change would have occured then

If we opened ourselves to experiences

We had many chances of correcting

Saying sorry and moving forward

For our generations in line

Those that come after us

We urge you as your advisors

To please work in unity and community

Remember the green days

There were clear waters too

The pathways too were favourable to all

In different situations and conditions

We drove our ideas without favours

We co-existed . Yes that is what we always did

Make this world great again

When the sun shines tomorrow

Remember this promise to love

Work with care and goodness

Count happy hours in their beauty

You got this son of our soil

Make it happen for everyone

Love without price and prejudice

MwendwaK-3rd Year student taking CPR at SASS.

#2019 theories

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POEM

I can't remember how heaven used to be.

I don't remember how happy I used to be.

I walked on red.

Thistles and thorns

Penetrate inside my flesh red,

Deep every moment I believe you'll be changed.

Hoping against hope on what culture said

Of protecting my matrimonial homestead.

But instead all I faced was pain for a decision I made

Recklesslessy as a

youth thinking of its beauty and facade.

I was on my knees not because of Thanksgiving to the Almighty God,

But the the blows and kicks I got from the person I gave my whole heart and being.

My being, being in constant fear of battering and brutality in my frailty.

And I was left to the hope of maybe standing on my knees and kneeling on my stands,

Please! please was the tune of my pleas.

The sunshine I once adored is the fire that scorched.

I got hurt and my body carried every scar like a placard.

MERYL –SBE

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Editorial Board: Dr. Harrison Bii( Chairman), Mr. Pius Chumba( Member), Mr. Joseph Musinga (Member), Mrs Evalyne Bett ( Member), Mr.

Nicholas Langat (Secretary), Mr. Emmanuel Rotich ( Member), Mr. Eliud Lilan ( Design & Layout)

The University of Kabianga Newsletter is Published by the office of the Vice-Chancellor. The Editorial Board Welcomes brief

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