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  • ALL WORK WITHOUT PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY

    By Lewis Njeri

    (gichunjilewis2@gmail.com)

    Thumbnail Photo Courtesy of Seth Wambui 

    Daystar University Student Association (DUSA) through the office of the Secretary-General
    organized a fun day event held at Stedmark gardens and recreational center in Karen on
    November 20.

    The main purpose of the event was for the students to enjoy the day and relieve their minds
    from their busy schedules that they normally have. “Today being a Saturday we have an event
    for students to come and have fun, refresh their minds and be ready to do their course work when
    they are fresh” said Caleb Paul Msando; DUSA’s Secretary-General.

    The event was for the first time a blend of both campuses that is Valley Road and Athi River.
    This was to help students from both campuses know each other and socialize hence creating
    networks. In addition, this helped them unite and challenge each other to know their strengths
    and weaknesses.

    Collins Nyamburi a Biomedical student and a member of the fun day committee made sure travel
    arrangements were in order and had the following to say “We thank God for today’s event as
    everything went as planned. We expected 1,200 students. There were 5 buses from Athi River
    campus and 2 buses from Nairobi campus and so everything went on as planned.”

    In addition, he thanked all students who participated and encouraged those who did not to do so next time.
    Students engaged in topspin, which was a machine equipped to rotate students at a fast speed up
    and down amongst other activities such as rope pulling, swimming, chuchu and dragon trains
    together with paddle boat rowing.

    In the rope-pulling challenge, Athi emerged as the victors as a result of team work and determination. They challenged their counterparts to’ eat more ugali’ and come back prepared next year as they weren’t challenging enough.

    By midday, everyone had arrived and was having fun with a slight downpour which forced
    students to continue with the fun indoors especially swimming which was warmed up. “Planning
    the event had been a bit hectic but we are glad the event successfully happened and we hope
    better plans for the future fun day event,” said Joel the poet, a valley road student.

    In yet another interview with the Sec-Gen, he added that students should all expect great plans
    from DUSA and clearly indicated the following, “We have a big event in February come next
    year, Student of Excellence Award (SOEA) and also have Mr. and Mrs. Daystar chosen”.

    It was indeed a job well done and especially from everyone who participated in the event

  • Halloween Cultural Expo Theme Banned

    By Evelyne Kioko  

    Thumbnail Photo Courtesy of pinterest.com

    The dean of students sent out an email on Monday on 8 November raising concerns on the Halloween Wednesday theme for Cultural Expo.

    The Cultural-Expo kicked off on 8 November at Daystar Nairobi Campus with the Halloween as one of the themes to be worn on Wednesday 10 November. This raised concerns among students in the Daystar Communication Group on why the theme is there yet the institution is a Christian Institution.

    ‘’Well, I thought we are supposed to celebrate an event because we know its origin, history and significance. An African theme is not only the cloth you wear. It’s an identity and a culture as well. For Christians, Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Christ. If someone else celebrates it because it’s a period for free things and an excuse to go out partying, they’re wrong. That’s why as an African student studying at a Christian university, I don’t identify with an event which has “Halloween” as one of its themes,’’ stated Hilmelda Tenkeu a Communication student Public Relations major.

    In the email, the dean stated that historically those who celebrated the festival believed that the souls of the dead returned to mingle with the living.

    ‘’Historically, celebrants of this festival believe that the souls of the dead – including ghosts, goblins, and witches – return to mingle with the living. In addition, they hold that in order to scare away the evil spirits, people should wear petrifying masks and light bonfires. Such teachings are contrary to not only what Daystar stands for, but also the Bible itself,’’ stated the email.

    The email went on to state that the Nairobi Campus Governor Brian Achoka, had been advised on the matter by the University Chaplain and the Dean of the students.

    ‘’Halloween is purely and absolutely evil and there is nothing we ever have, or will do, that would make it acceptable to the Daystar Himself. Any such practice will therefore be considered as a deliberate rebellion with consequent repercussions,’’ stated the email.

    When asked for a comment the Nairobi Campus governor had none.

  • ‘Unconstitutional’ Student Budget Suspended by University Management

    By Evelyne Kioko

    The DUSA government 2021/2022 budget has been suspended effective immediately, following a meeting between student leaders and the University’s management on November 8.

    The DUSA budget was declared unconstitutional for having no approval from the Congress and lacking the speaker’s signature.

    “This is to let you know that the DUSA budget has been suspended after a fruitful meeting involving the congress and the Daystar University Management Board,” reads an email from the DUSA clerk Eunice Siameto.

    The Dean of Students Reverend Mutinda Musyimi acknowledged the decision stating that it was the right thing to do although it comes a little late because the budget in place had already been used. “This means going back to the drawing board. It means that the DUSA council should not draw a budget and start actioning on it without it passing through the congress,” says the Dean.

    Congress Speaker Noel Shimba says he is shocked to find out that a budget, which did not include the congress benefits, had been drawn by the DUSA Council and had been approved without his signature. There has been a push and pull between the congress and the management for a while concerning the submitted proposals of their benefits, with the two having had several meetings that culminated in today’s verdict.

    “The DUSA budget should be one and it is supposed to be one and cover the two bodies. The budget drawn by DUSA lacked the Congress activities and benefits. However, the budget was still approved even with it lacking the speaker’s signature and was not approved by the congress,” states Shimba.

    The congress speaker further assured that a new budget whose drafting will involve all constitutional procedures shall be put in place by the end of the week. “It was only right to suspend it until we draft another budget this week. The management has agreed the budget is null and void since it did not follow the right channels. The budget requires the president’s, treasurer’s and speaker’s signature for it to be released.”

    The Secretary-General Caleb Paul alais refuted claims of the budget suspension claiming that Congress leaders are being led by their personal interests.

    “The Congress are suspending the budget because they want a benefit that they feel they school is not giving them : a benefit that they wish to have…that’s not fair that is an injury to comrades and as a council we are not going to accept that and we are not going to move backwards,” commented Msando.

    According to the speaker, this means that all events remained on hold until the issue is resolved.

  • IEBC EXPERIENCES LOW VOTER REGISTRATION TURN OUT IN DAYSTAR

    By Lewis Njeri

    (gichunjilewis2@gmail.com)

    IEBC conducted a voter registration activity at the PAC in the main campus,Athi River,  from October 19th to 25th.

    The  IEBC clerks – Caroline Mbinye and Milcah Nduku, were surprised to register 147 students out of a targeted 1000. This represented a total of 15% of the expected numbers which was a big disapointment to them. In addition, most of those who registered were from other counties.

    According to the two clerks the reason for the low turnout includes students (especially first years) not having ID cards but only waiting cards, others willingly refusing  to conduct the process while others not being aware of it.”Most ID’s haven’t been released hence couldn’t be registered for lack of a serial number,” says Ms Mbinye

    Most of the freshmen are still young hence there is no way they could get registered without an identification card. Surprisingly, some of them were not interested in the process with some of them claiming to be already registered as voters. Others who live off-campus were not aware of the ongoing process.

    As of October 27th, the total number of voters that had been registered countrywide was 760,000 out of a target of 4.5 million. This represents 17% of the total targeted by IEBC.

    The next destination of the two is Kinanie where they will continue with registering voters from Mavoko constituency.

  • First Money Scams in Kenya a.k.a “Wash Wash” in the rise among the youth

    By Lewis Njeri

    (gichunjilewis2@gmail.com)

    Wash wash as it is popularly known is the use of brain washing mainly related to money matters or has to involve the same. In Kenya this has been happening because the youth want to make quick money in an easier way. They mainly want to use shortcuts and not work hard for the money, most are blaming unemployment as the root cause of it.

    The conmen are always smartly dressed in a nice suit and a pair of shoes but with no money and to make matters worse all those might be borrowed with the intend of creating a certain impression. They may look like they have made it in life. One is tempted to find out their secret to success giving them an opportunity to use their trickery on you.

    The con will end up deceiving you to accept their offer. The game proceeds then you are told to buy some chemicals from abroad and some black notes which will eventually turn into real money; something which is false. Getting the chemicals and the fake money comes at a cost of ksh50,000 which tends to be a burden to whoever is being tricked into the same. Eventually the whole process does not work and one may get set up by the same guys getting into bigger trouble.

    Other forms of wash wash include fake government tenders and gold scams. One may get some random advertisements on government tenders, decide to pay for one and get invited to some government office for the whole process to look serious. A bribe is offered in cash form cash  for the tender to be approved. It may as well be in the form of a gift that you should get from home. One agrees then the conmen tries to be nice saying they will come for it themselves from home.

    The victim enjoys it since it appears like the conmen have saved transport costs. What they do next is to come with government vehicles and sometimes with police escorts. Afterwards, they recommend the victim to visit them after two weeks and unfortunately find they are nowhere to be found. The offended decides to get justice which they do not get.

    Generally, that is how it works and this leads to depression or even suicide hence should forever be avoided. The gold scam on the other hand involves people buying imaginary gold which involves presidents who are in the same way conned into buying gold that does not exist. Surprisingly the culprits never get caught hence the continued rising of the practice.

  • Photo Story : Culture Week

    The culture week event was brought back by the Daystar University Students Association this semester and was held form Monday 18 October to Thursday  21 October.

    Each day had its own theme with Monday being back to school, Tuesday -Vintage, Wednesday -Combat, and Thursday – African wear also with gala night being held on Thursday.

    Students turn up and turn out for this week’s event and the participation was great.

    Photos Courtesy of Primelens Media

     

     

     

     

     

  • DUSA Treasurer Wambui Njoroge Voted Out Of DUSA

    By Ken Andrew

    kenakikenyi@gmail.com

    Thumbnail Photo Courtesy of Instagram (daystar_uni).

    The Daystar University Student Association (DUSA) Council on the 14th of October 2021 voted unanimously to remove Wambui Njoroge from her seat as the Treasurer of DUSA.

    The vote was unanimous as six out of the seven Council members voted to have her dismissed citing dissatisfaction with her services. As per an email sent out by the Secretary General Caleb Paul, the DUSA Council will have one of their qualified members take the treasurer’s seat in acting capacity as they await official dates for a by election from the Electoral Commission of Daystar.

    The lead up to this decision involved Wambui Njoroge, at one point, being ejected from her seat as per an Email sent by the Secretary General Caleb Paul on 1 September, 2021. On resuming her duties on 13 September 2021, the other members of the Council and Congress were still unimpressed by how she went about her duties which led to her removal.

    Congress Speaker Noel Shimba, welcomed the decision from the Council as he explained to Involvement the frustrations involved with her in office. She did not honor the summon from congress who were seeking answers on why the budget was taking too long to be dropped.

    Her accounting skills were also brought into question by Congress. “We gave the ECD fourteen days to give us her accounting skills which were not provided and after fourteen days, she had to step aside [Sic],” explained Shimba, “there is no budget presented by Wambui, she has been missing in action for far too long and she has been absent for some important events requiring her signature for funds to be released.”

    Ms Wambui Njoroge when asked said she will appeal the decision since she feels this is not in line with the constitution.

    As Wambui leaves office, she leaves behind a questionable legacy as treasurer.  Once again prove that holding office is about delivering to students, owning up to the oath of office, and not enjoying the ride in the park.

  • Congress Attempts to Resolve DUSA Government Issues

    By Evelyne Syombua

    (issyombua@gmail.com)

    On Friday, 1 October, the DUSA Congress held its second sitting in Nairobi Campus in which they took some steps to resolve issues surrounding the DUSA government.

    Just like the Treasurer, the Secretary-General did not escape their resolutions. Having passed a vote of no confidence against him in a special sitting held on Friday 10 September, the congress had consequences instore for him.

    They resolved to the withdrawal of privileges due to the DUSA secretary-general, Mr. Caleb Paul alias Msando for 30 working days commencing on 1st October 2021.

    The Secretary-General will continue serving in his office but will be required to submit a weekly report to Congress of his operations since assuming office.

    The consequences he faced are as a result of an email he sent to students on 1 September appointing the Deputy President, Monica Gitau, and ISADU President Duc Florian as the acting president and treasurer respectively.

    As the Congress Speaker, Noel Shimba had stated earlier this was done without following the right procedure. As stated by the Speaker, the Secretary-General should not have acted on behalf of Congress and should have received approval from the president before sending the email.

    “…the content of his communication is what I would render null and void because ideally he is not supposed to act on behalf of the congress,” stated Shimba. He also added,  “he is supposed to act on behalf of the council and his message should receive approval from the chair of the DUSA Council and this is the president Marco Laboso himself.”

    The actions taken by the Congress on the Secretary-General are to cut across all DUSA council members resorted to such actions again.

    In the making of decisions, a few emotions are bound to be bruised, and this was no difference for some Congress members.

    With a semester left to the next elections, the DUSA Congress seems to be putting its best foot forward on a journey to vindication.

  • School of Business and Economics Holds Entrepreneurship Forum to Encourage Students

    By Caren Chelangat

    chelangatcaren756@gmail.com

    Thumbnail Photo Courtesy of doersempire.com

    Daystar School of Business and Economics held an entrepreneurial discussion on Wednesday 6 October in Athi River Campus, aimed to motivate students to have an entrepreneurial mindset. The event was organized by the Congressman School of Business and Economics Joshua Ngomeli.

    The guest speakers were Noah Karuri the Founder and CEO of Noah distributors and Gideon Maingi a Business and Market Consultant Dealing in Real Estate and Logistics.

    Noah talked of his entrepreneurial journey, how he meets his student needs through his business and applies what he was taught in class to the actual world. He also talked of how he is able to balance school work and his business.

    Gideon Maingi shared to the audience how to get capital in forming a partnership, identifying a problem, and generating multiple ideas on how to benefit from it business-wise. He also shared the process of registering a business.

    He went ahead and encouraged the audience to use their youthful minds to come up with business ideas as early as now to prepare for the future.

    The Dean commended the event and conquered with a number of ideas they had discussed and thanked all those who attended the event. He also encouraged the audience to practice those humble ideas.

    Dr. Ochomba a Business lecturer thanked the audience for showing up and congratulated the two speakers who are his former students for such a wonderful discussion.

    At the end of the discussion, Congressman Joshua Ngomeli, thanked everyone who showed up and promised to organize more entrepreneurial discussions to keep on motivating the students to have business-wise ideas.

  • DUSA Treasurer Steps Aside for Two Weeks

    By Evelyne Syombua

    (issyombua@gmail.com)

    DUSA Treasurer, Ms. Wambui Njoroge stepped aside for two weeks after a resolution was made by the Congress on Friday 1, October in its second sitting held in Nairobi Campus. Congress appointed the Audit and Risk Committee Chairperson Mr. Wellington Mbuvi as the DUSA acting treasurer.

    The Audit and Risk Committee raised concerns regarding her lack of accountability, negligence, and unavailability thus leading to the decision made by Congress.

    Congress had invited her to explain her failure of not submitting the 2021-2022 budget before the deadline given by the Finance Manager and the office of the DVC Finance, Administration, and Planning, July 30, 2021. Unfortunately, she did not honor these invitations.  As it stands the budget is yet to be drafted.

    The  Congress will seek clarification from the Electoral Commission of Daystar (ECD) about Ms. Wambui’s competency and qualifications to not only vie for that office but to continue as the incumbent.

    During the two weeks period, she is required to present weekly reports on her services since assuming office.

    As the DUSA government members continue with their time in office, it seems there is a bumpy road ahead.