Maseno university vice
chancellor Julius Nyabundi has warned students against joining terror groups. He added that if any student shall be found
associated with any terror group, action will be taken unto the student
individually. Concern has been raised over students from institutions of higher
learning joining terror groups Al Shabbab and ISIS. Speaking on Monday at the
institution’s Kisumu campus, Nyabundi also warned them against peer pressure
and involving in activities which are not academic oriented.
He spoke during the
orientation of first year students at the Kisumu campus branch. The VC further asked
students to be brother’s keepers and stick to the rules and regulations of the
university. He also announced the ban of all ethnics groups within the
university following the government directory to ban ethnic groups in
universities. He however said that they will only allow discipline oriented
associations such as business and economics and philosophy students groups.
This is to help bring cohesion among the students.
The vice chancellor also
asked the new students to help put Maseno University at its level by
maintaining discipline wherever they are, this according to him, will help in
judging the conduct of the university in the society. Professor Nyabundi added
that Maseno is the only university that offers IT (Information Technology) to
all students in all its programmes. This has gone a long way to provide the
university graduates with the undisputed advantage in the modern IT work
platform. He also urged parents whose children scored the D+ grades to go and
register them for certificates programmes as they upgrade their learning from
diploma to having PHDS.
“I have known people who
started as p3 teachers and are now professors, one should not be judged by his
or her grades, some struggled enough to reap it”, he said. Nyabundi added that
students from village schools who scored such grades should not be judged as
some struggled to get the grades out of the worst situations from their
schools. He said each student should have access to higher education in order
to gain knowledge which can help them in various innovations.
“If we put these
students to exposure we will be building and molding them to future
entrepreneurs”. He added.
