Low Turn Up at KYU as New Semester Commences, Some Lecture Rooms Still Locked

As the ‘MAK sibling video’ continues to sway in the campus airwaves, students of Kyambogo University have decided to prolong their holiday without any consultations. The university administration designated 11th January 2020 as the official opening day for the second semester for the year 2019/20 but the turn up at the campus is alarming.

There is hardly any student. The place is indeed as quiet as a graveyard. It would take a politician’s convincing skill to explain to anyone passing by, that the semester already started. Many lecture rooms are still locked, including the famous ‘selfie-catching’ Central Teaching Facility (CTF).

This is a habit that has grown progressively, resulting from the constant strikes from the staff at every start of the semester. This has therefore made students get used to prolonging their reporting dates in anticipation of absence of lectures at the start of every semester.

The only students being spotted within the campus premises are the ones tapping WiFi from the different hot spots. We are not sure whether these reported early enough to make proper utilization of resources but still don’t believe that they are using WiFi to do constructive work that will add up to their good performance.

The Banda community where most students reside is not spared. Businesses have been subjected to ‘menopause’ since the merchandise is stocked to be bought by the students. The few opened pawn shops and roadside businesses have attendants who sit from dawn to dusk without anyone lolloping in to at least bargain on the cost of a glass of juice or a pillow.

When trekking around the libraries. We found out that it was only the central library which was in operation while the other libraries were locked with unbreakable padlocks tangled in strong chains.

We are not yet sure when the semester will launch into serious study but we still got reports of some lectures going on no matter the number of students in the lecture rooms, however we could not ascertain which lectures these were.

If you know any Kyambogo students, it’s better you tell them that the Banda traders are missing them so badly.