C houses has not had consistent electricity since the beginning of the semester and the dwellers are now fearing for their academic performance having in mind the many assignments and CATs that are set to begin which increase their school workload.Alongside power blackout the students also cited insecurity, poor drainage from Hostel K as their major problems. One of the affected residents claimed to have reached the Health Director,Jemima Tietie, whom he says did not give him a proper answer. On security, one of them complained that they lost their mattresses in his room on Wednesday.
They complained that
the lack of power makes them go hungry not because they lack food but a cooking
medium. They said that most of them cannot afford to take their meals in the
hotels at the stage and so they were pleading to the student representatives present
at the scene, Barille Guyo, the Director of Security and Accommodation and
Geoffrey Omondi, the MUSO Chairman to intervene and even help solve the problem
as immediate as possible.
The Security and Accommodation director
said that they had replaced a cable that exploded and was replaced but still
the transformer fuse got burnt. He promised that there’ll be lights back by
tomorrow at least the switches will have power if not the sockets too.
The Students Chairman
said that it is a problem of over consumption and that KPLC reviewed the structure
of the houses and they said it needs special cables whose procurement costs is
3.5million. This he says will be a long lasting solution and already, it has
its paper work done.By Friday, all will be fine for the members of the C houses,
he says.
On matters security, he
said that after theft has been reported, it will be their duty to look into
that and that they’ll ensure the students will be given another mattress and none
of them will be victimized for stolen mattresses.
By Boaz Bob
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