ASIIMWE MUGUMYA
Apparently, according to our gossip scoop bees, the Monday 20th strike codenamed “Red Gown Monday” was not your average campus strike. Turns out it was a lot more exciting and astonishing for the revelers. Ask any participants and they’ll tell you about some mind-blowing moments that made the event memorable.
One of the participants reveals that around 11:00am, when police dispersed the crowd that was at the main building with teargas, a fraction of the students decided to go down to Kikoni to fetch their colleagues so they can also join the cause of “one way”. So, as a way of calling onto students, the strikers resorted to throwing stones into the tall buildings (read skyscrapers) of Kikoni; hostels and apartments alike, so as to signal to their fellows that its time.
This method of throwing stones into people’s places was, of course, not accepted by everyone in the Kikoni neighbourhood. This was especially confirmed when a resident of one of the Kikoni apartments came out and stood on his balcony looking all charged up, with red eyes and very annoyed. This angry neighbor looked down at the students with disgust, but the students continued throwing stones carelessly and chanting merrily. This man was then seen suddenly pulling out his pistol and started brandishing it down at the crowd of students, so whoever had brains in his head took to heels to save dear life. Fortunately enough, the guy did not fire any shots but he succeeded in threatening enough students to back off the Kikoni neighborhood.
