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  • DUSA Secretary General Desmond Mwyne Voted out of DUSA

    By Evelyne Syombua Kioko

    The Daystar University Students Association(DUSA) Secretary General Desmond Mywne has been relieved of his duties as of today 24 October 2022.

    The communication was made by the office of the Speaker of Congress Evans Owino. Having failed to adhere to the values expected from him as a student leader in Daystar University and the DUSA Congress voting against him, Desmond Mwyne was declared unfit to hold the S.G position.

    The S.G had appeared before Congress for questioning on Tuesday 18 October regarding his alleged misconduct.  As detailed in the findings, the S.G had used his office in an abusive, vulgar, and demeaning manner in the Fun Day Whatsapp group forums.

    The replies were directed to students who had asked for clarification regarding payment for the Fun Day event that was held on 15th October and some took to complaining regarding the S.G via email to the office of the Dean of Students.

    One of the replies send read, ’’look kid if it feeds your emptiness go for it, if it makes you effective go for it, if it makes you irrelevant as you’ve always been GO FOR IT, if it makes you appreciated for go for it. You are who you are stop overselling you STUPIDITY here’’.

    The S.G also posted on his WhatsApp status and went as far to disrespect the constitution, ‘’ Wacha waendelee ku qute constitution like mad men… the law my ass, chapters my foot…’’ this ended his whatsapp status in which he had said the next students’ fun day event would be held in Bali.

    A student witness Ms Catherine Omondi who was a victim of the SG’s testified before the DUSA Congress.

    This marks the Second DUSA Council Member to be voted against by the DUSA Congress after the former DUSA Council Treasure was impeached last year 14 October 2021 by DUSA Congress 2021/22.

    The Electoral Commission of Daystar is hereby expected to conduct a by election according to the DUSA constitution.

     

     

     

  • Why Disney Should Be Stopped

    (Photo courtesy of disney.com)

    By Nkatha Wainaina
    {nkathawainaina@gmail.com}

    Disney played an integral part in setting standards for animations for decades, and in a few years, a whole century. It has risen to unbelievable heights, owning half of Hollywood ( I’m not joking, Google the companies Disney owns). With all its might and prowess, Disney can’t seem to get a live-action remake right!

    A few weeks ago, a teaser for The Little Mermaid live-action movie was released. And it was a hit! Before I go on, you might be wondering what a live-action movie is. This is action in films involving real people or animals, as contrasted with animation or computer generated effects. And Disney has been on a roll making such movies, especially if the animation did really well.

    I can bet that barely a handful of serious Disney fans and self-proclaimed critics have watched the original movies. To make this observation as accurate and original as possible for you my dear reader, I have been taking a walk down memory lane, watching the original Disney movies from all the way back to the early 1900’s when Walt Disney was writing the stories himself! If you have a moment, you might want to check out those movies. The kind of production they were doing, with the kind of technology that was in existence then, mind blowing and you kind of understand why they have a monopoly in the industry today.

    Back to The Little Mermaid, it blew up the internet for one reason only. Ariel, the mermaid the movie is based on, is being played by Halle Bailey. Halle is an African American actress and singer. ‘Black Twitter’, (black users on twitter) could not contain their excitement. Regular Twitter ( white people) could also not suppress their dismay at Disney for casting a woman of colour for the role. And a war begun. Why am I telling you all this? I think The Little Mermaid live-action remake will be a bigger success than the other remakes because of only one reason, the black community will come out in numbers to support their own, and white people will show up to prove it was a bad idea casting a black woman.

    Looking at Disney’s track record for their remakes, is quite telling. The Lion King released in 2019 for one, is among the lowest ranked of the nineteen remakes even though it grossed 1.9 billion dollars in box offices. I wasn’t very invested in The Lion King. Apparently it was the biggest thing in the ‘90s next to Destiny’s Child and Tupac. Those who watched it then were mad at the live action remake. “They didn’t do the movie justice “, said one disappointed fan. Mulan also received negative reviews and people said ‘it lost the point of the original movie’. Cinderella has had countless remakes only two doing exceedingly well. I enjoyed The Beauty and the Beast, but people still had a problem with it. The list goes on and on from Aladdin, to the most recent Pinocchio, which was devastatingly bad. The only one which was spared from ridicule is The Jungle Book, which ranked highest at 94% according to Rotten Tomatoes with little negative reviews. What are the odds that the Disney live-action remake writers have figured out where they are going wrong and changed it in The Little Mermaid? And that is why Disney should be stopped.

    As much as people complain, we still go ahead and watch the remakes. Perhaps that’s what is keeping them going or the insane amounts of money they make. Who can tell for sure. This, however, is just a theory. The Little Mermaid might shock us.

  • THE DRUG THAT IS ONLINE SHOPPING

    {Photo courtesy of Kaspersky}

    By Nkatha Wainaina
    (nkathawainaina@gmail.com)

    Online shopping, the sweet and sour borderline addiction that might lead me to probable bankruptcy.
    Remember the good old days when we would walk into a shop, survey what was on display, look at the items from all angles possible, bargaining to a price that even you know is a little too low because your mother taught you well, then finally taking it home with you? Aah simpler times.
    Yes. I know the argument. Online shopping has made things so much easier and literally brings convenience to your doorstep (Someone should use that as a tagline for a delivery app. Call me for more marketing ideas). And I concur. For indecisive people, people who don’t like going outside unless they really have to, or those who don’t like the hustle and bustle of a market place, this has been a life saver. However, are the repercussions worth it?

    I had refused to give into pressure from all the advertisements on my social media pages. Clearly, I gave in. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be writing this. I remember the first item I bought online. It was a lovely peach top that I thought could be worn on different occasions. If you haven’t seen how many shops advertise clothes, let me break it down for you. They fold tops at the bottom to form a v-shape, so you can’t really see how the bottom looks like or estimate where it would reach. Dresses are pinched at the waist to give a symmetrical shape. This is the most deceiving and slightly annoying thing out there. So my beautiful peach top turned out to be a crop top. This would not have been such a problem if I wore crop tops. It took me a whole year before I finally got the courage to wear it.

    They say two times are enough to learn not to repeat a mistake. I’m afraid my dear reader, this has gone on far beyond two times. I got a stunning black and white checked dress that had rust stains on the white parts. The page, regardless of having thousands of followers, ignored my complaint and refused to reimburse me.

    I bought an oversized dress that now sits patiently in my closet, waiting for me to get pregnant so that I can wear it as a maternity dress. I must get my money’s worth!

    I walked around Nairobi looking a for a shop that was advertising good looking leather boots for a suspiciously low price, only for the shop to turn out to be a front for coning gullible ladies with an eye for gorgeous boots. I am glad I hadn’t paid for them yet! My sister bought a cupcake baking tin from an overseas shop for a price that was so low she couldn’t let the opportunity slide. The baking tin surely did arrive, but it was part of a child’s plastic play set.

    These are all experiences I have witnessed first hand and yet I can’t stop buying things online. I mean, the experiences aren’t all bad. I have gotten a couple of decent purchases online.

    In the age of mobile banking, we have access to all the money we have and don’t have at the palm of our hands. This gives me the impression that I can buy whatever I want, whenever I want. This is a problem because when I log into my social media accounts, the algorithm ensures I see new items that I would like based on my previous post interactions. This is why I’m worried that my guilty pleasure will make me bankrupt.

    Send me tips on how I can control this. At least I have the first step to recovery down. Acceptance right?

  • ‘HUSTLER’ CSs WORTH SH 6BN

    {Photo courtesy of Victor Matara}

    By Nicole Waweru

    (Email: wanjirunicole28@gmail.com)

    On Monday 17, October, the selection parliamentary committee began vetting President William Ruto’s Cabinet nominees. The nominees are; Musalia Mudavadi, the former Amani National Congress (ANC) leader with a net worth of ksh.4 billion, Justin Muturi, former speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya with a net worth of ksh.700million, Aden Duale, Garissa Township Member of Parliament (MP) with a net worth of ksh.851 million, Alfred Mutua, the former Governor of Machakos County with a net worth of kshs.420 million, and Alice Wahome, the MP of Kandara in Murang’a County with ksh.218 million.

    Shock hit Kenyans after the immeasurable wealth of these nominees was revealed in Parliament, this sparked a conversation on Twitter as many Kenyans said that the politics in Kenya is very remunerative. In as much as some had worn the lens of ‘politics being lucrative,’ others had however accredited their wealth to corruption, which is still not a surprise. Some were questioned about their past encounters with corruption scandals like Mudavadi, who was asked about the Goldenberg and Nairobi Cemetery land scams. For the Goldenberg scandal, he told the committee that he inherited the scam at the Treasury at its tail end and some of the transactions were unknown to him whereas, for the Nairobi Cemetery land scam, he said he faced a politically instigated investigation by the then Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, (KACC) and in the end, the culprits were caught and jailed.

    Looking at the wealth attained by these Cabinet nominees, we can see that their wealth is also constituted by separate and individual ventures that they carry out outside of politics. For example, one of the nominees, Justin Muturi, says that his income comes from the pension he is earning after serving as a speaker of the National Assembly for ten years, from farming and legal consultancy. He also added that his property was acquired through bank loans and a civil servant stipend for the last 36 years of his career.

    The vetting and nomination process in Kenya is seen to be very orderly, the 12th Parliament amended the Public Approval and Parliamentary Approval Act 2011, to increase the vetting period from 14 days to 28 days. According to research from Mutai, (2022), once the Committee on Appointments receives the list of the Cabinet nominees, the clerk will be required to issue a public notice asking Kenyans with representations to submit memoranda on the nominees. With the nomination process in Kenya, once the Parliament completes the vetting which is set to end by Saturday 2:30 pm, the clerk will notify the President of the decision made within seven days of the decision. Article 152 (1) of the Constitution says the Cabinet includes the President, the Deputy President, and the Attorney-General, and not fewer than 14 and not more than 22 Cabinet Secretaries.So, the question that has been the talk on all social media handles is, “Is politics profitable?” My answer to this is yes. It is no doubt that the Members of Parliament (MPs) in Kenya are amongst the highest paid in the world relative to the size of the economy. Parliament seats are one of the most coveted positions in Kenya this is supported by the holder’s wealth and social ranking. In the years before, there has been an evident trend of those in high senior private sectors leaving, in quest of more laid-back political offices.

    As the ongoing vetting goes on, we hope that these nominees are very passionate about what they are fighting for right now, and when they are appointed, they will stick to their word and do fulfill all the promises that they have made. Their words are on record and I am sure many Kenyans will want to see them be true to their word.

  • WHO CAN BELL THE CAT ?

    (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)

    By Caren Chelagat

     

    Distant river banks and closed windows are witnesses

    That pain cannot be written into lines

    You’d probably misjudge my turbulent tides

    A p0rcelain pottery it seems

    Delicate and feeble art it portrays

    Who can bell the cat?

    Who can bound chains to the cat?

    A fortitude threshold an intense pain

    Everything looming bows down in the rain

    We are tied to chains

    The cat is having to its fill

    While we are left with nothing to even quench our thirst

    Deluge of information Flowing through

    Conversations dripping too Sent by a deluge of mails

    Flipping through the mail box

    The rule had been passed through

    Each and everyone had a say through it

    But no thought was taken through

    The top head belonged to the top dogs

    As they sailed through their say throughs

    That was implemented on their orders

    The followers were just but a tip through

    To convey information to jut but get a through pass

    As they hailed to the top dogs

    Without gaining truth

    They just but followed with bitter truth through them

    But their greed for promised toppings topped it all through

    And they availed to follow it through.

  • EFFECTS OF VIDEOGAMES

    (Photo courtesy of Good Housekeeping)

    By Caren Chelagat

    The history of videogames began in the 1950s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulators as minicomputers . Videogames are also known as computer games , they are electronic games in which players control images on a screen.

    Playing videogames is used as a form of entertainment and is an effective way to keep a person occupied. In todays world, videogames have become so common . There are videogames that can keep you healthy with enough exercise , an example is active video games while there are some that just make you lazy and want to sit all day long ; that is how addicting computers are nowadays with improved technology that makes everything interesting.

    The positive effects of videogames are numerous from better memory to improved mood and social skills . When it comes to memory , video games require some serious strategy and concentration. With 3D graphics and the immersive audio, videogames are extremely rich in stimuli since navigating the virtual world of video games is similar to the real world .When you must juggle multiple tasks and goals while navigating a virtual space, you are exercising your hippocampus , which is the part of the brain , that is responsible for converting short-term memory to long-term memory which also aids in directions in case you get lost .

    Videogames can also be a great way to relax and unwind. Short and simple games like Angry birds are known to make you happier while videogames that are complex and deeply immersive can also be therapeutic . When a person is fully absorbed into the games , one has no time to think about the hassles and tassels of life since video games is a perfect way to give your brain break from the anxiety and stress of everyday life.

    Most genre of video games involve problem-solving , whether it is figuring out a puzzle or finding a swift escape route . These problems involve memorization and analysis and some a little creativity is needed to figure it all out. Some games have some instructions that are needed to move on to the next level and this always has a couple of errors , this patience teaches us to be more persistence and resilient in life.

    Fast video games like NFS , Need for Speed or Call of Duty requires you to make decisions quickly . Such games improve our ability to make decisions in life Gamers who love action games could make more quickly decisions than non-gamers or those who play slow -paced games . Faster decision making is beneficial in everyday life as you can accomplish more when you make trivial decisions quickly.

    With the emergence of many fitness videogames , it is easy to get a workout while playing an exciting video game. Games like Wii Fit or Dance Dance Revolution requires the player to get up and get active . These video games are good for your health and can be a great way to break a sweat without necessarily going to the gym.

    Moderate video game play can improve social skills and reduce anxiety . When players are able to take on fictional personas in the virtual world , they are free to experiment with social interactions , which then teaches them what good social behaviuor is.

    When you are playing videogames , your brain is growing and working , as you try to figure out how a puzzle or a mission goes, you are learning. Continued learning and stimulating your brain is essential to keeping it healthy as you age. As your brain ages , your memory , focus and ability to multitask all begin to decline . While young people are able to juggle several mental demands at once , older people may find it difficult to stay focused even on a single task However, they are many ways to keep your brain young such as ; doing puzzles ,eating healthy, exercising and even playing videogames .

    From better memory to better navigation , playing the video games you already love is great for your brain . Now , the next time someone tells you to stop playing videogames so much , you have an arsenal of evidence to support you love for gaming.

  • MWYNE UNFILTERED

    By: Gertrude Prosper

    getrude2003@gmail.com

    The Daystar University Students Association (DUSA) Secretary General Desmond Mwyne was summoned to appear at a hearing before the Congress on 18 October 2022 in Athi River, main campus.

    The purpose was to address an offensive comment he posted on his social media, insulting D.U students. He was summoned by the council on multiple accounts of insulting students and solicitation of funds. In attendance were twenty-six members of Congress from both the main and Nairobi campus.

    At the hearing chaired by the Speaker of the house, Evans Owino, Mwyne sat composed facing all members present. He was to explain in detail the use of the seven hundred thousand given to him by the finance manager to cater for the event.

    “The money was spent on shirts, grounds, quality sound, a stage, food and buses and there were still some risk factors because we cannot scan loyalty”, he said. Without having brought receipts as proof, the council found his statement incomprehensive.

    The Speaker then inquired who allowed the students to be charged sh.200 as an attendance fee and the S.G had the following to say. “I told the finance manager in front of my committee, by virtue that I don’t have the 900k I asked for the event, therefore for the 700k I will have to charge students, which she approved. We charged every student 200 each to meet certain expenses but still at the end of the event we had a debt of 55k.”

    “We didn’t lock people out but the money we were allocated determined how many people would come,” Mwyne responded.

    A dissatisfied student, Catherine, was in attendance as a witness. “I wasn’t very sure whether we were supposed to pay for the event, but after confirming with the SG I paid. Surprisingly, we were left by the bus and didn’t attend the event. I was shocked to hear the SG on the phone using vulgar language on us, saying “leave those people I don’t want unnecessary chaos” and yet he is the one who told us to pay”, she said.

    The Speaker proceeded to read a screenshot of a conversation between a student inquiring about the event and Mwyne’s blatant rude response.

    Forming beads of sweat on his nose and his hands unwillingly trembling, Mwyne accepted the impudent response to the inquisitive student but denied posting the above-quoted statement.

    “We are living at a very crucial time where things are shared on the internet, and in the current era of so much information, therefore anyone can do that. I am a public figure and anyone can access my photos, therefore I never took those photos nor posted them though I saw them circulating”

    The council is yet to decide on his fate.

  • PERCEPTION

    {Photo courtesy of PT}

    By Caren Chelangat

    Perception is when we become aware of objects and events in the world through our various senses.

    There is some way as humans we tend to judge people on our first sight at them the first meet up makes the first impression , we judge according to how we see people , how people carry themselves around and other times how people dress .

    Communication is the process of passing information from one person to another we get to receive and give information through various channels .Our mood also strongly affects how we view people and events .

    I learnt too that we should get to approach people fast before we actually assume what they are basing on our own thinking towards because as humans we tend to like look things through a times we are actually wrong with our thinking towards people and at other times we are actually good guessers.

    Culture is the peoples way of life ,we should embrace our culture it is a mark of our identity as Africans as we emulated a lot of the western culture and we got to take it on as our own without necessarily remembering our roots .

    The way we assume people whether they are smart , lazy or annoying is actually the way we will treat them and we should weigh things before we take action since we might actually be getting the wrong impression from them which is actually not it.

    The kind of work we do actually gives us our own take of the world and we have various occupations in the planet so just like we all have different jobs in the world our view of the world is equally different amongst ourselves.

    The old people view the world as a different angle because their own time the universe was still shabby and not yet modernized but now they are seeing it in a whole new different angle because during their time , the universe was actually a different thing.

    The experience we go through makes us have a certain view on some things or some specific kind of people incase we encounter rude remarks from traffic policemen we will definitely presume all traffic police are rude .

    The way we relate with people also determines how we will look at them the case of having a partner and assuming that he is just ignorant even he meant something in some other form of way we will automatically take the remark as ignorant because we just assume he or she is ignorant. Information must be arranged in some certain typa way that makes it have a meaning to the world as a whole.

    Our mood depends on how we interact with others ;when a person is hungry and has been in the office the entire day definitely will have a bad mood due to the hunger and will interact with people in a moody way. We should interact with people after then we perceive their thoughts and all after an encounter with them.

  • MAONYESHO YA NANENANE

    (Picha kwa hisani ya Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank)

     

    Na Gertrude Prosper

    Nane Nane ni likizo ya umma nchini Tanzania inayosheherekewa tarehe 8 Agosti, kila mwaka. Ni siku ya maonyesho ya kilimo ambapo wakulima wote nchini wanafanya maonyesho yao ya mazao, mifugo, dawa, na bidhaa katika kanda mbalimbali.

    Leo, Agosti 8 2022 ni kilele cha maonyesho ya nanenane ambapo viongozi pamoja na wananchi wanatembelea mabanda tofauti kujionea mbinu mbalimbali za kilimo bora, uvuvi na mifugo. Wajuzi, wajasiriamali na wataalamu wapo kuadhimisha siku hii kwa kuonyesha bidhaa zao na virutubisho mbalimabli vya mifugo mfano kuku, nyuki, nguruwe na ng’ombe. Wakulima pia wanauza bidhaa kama mashine, dawa, wanatoa elimu na bima ya mazao shambani.

    Siku hii ni muhimu kwasababu inawapa watu fursa ya kuonyesha teknolojia mpya na maendeleo katika kilimo, na kujua zaidi kuhusu uvuvi na ufugaji wa wanyama tofauti. Inawapa watu pia elimu, ujuzi na njia mbalimbali ya kufanya kilimo bora ili kupata mazao mengi ya chakula na biashara. Hii inaongeza vyakula nchini na mapato kwa kuuza nje katika nchi mbalimabli.

    Heri ya Sikukuu ya Nanenane

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