Universities should open Communication Channels to manage rampage and destruction of properties.

UoN students set Sonu offices a blaze on April 4, 2016 while protesting against the re-election of Babu Owino as the student union's chairman. Photo Credit: Nation Media Group

I woke up this morning to some hashtag #SaveUON. Am like-save them from what? So students were striking because of someone overstaying in power. The typical African way. You become president for life. Anyway that's a story for another day.

I don't want to fault anybody. It isn't my type of game. The University of Nairobi is not the first university to go on rampage. Have you ever asked yourself why students choose to go that direction? I”ll tell you for free- it is the only language the administration understands. Violence is not the best way to handle issues but when negotiations fail what else are they supposed to do?

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Of course am not with those rascals who strike because of power blackouts or hike in fare by 5 bob. Those ones are nincompoops who don't want to study. In UON for instance, the institution should come up with regulations on vieing for elections. Something like limiting terms for leaders so that there are no leaders for life.

The comrades should strike without any destruction of property. Like what has someone passing at the highway have to do with your problems? What has a trader who is going about their hustle have to do with you? I remember someone tweeting that he will never employ a UON graduate because of what they did to his car during one of their strikes. The public won't have a good image of you for pete’s sake.

Institutions of higher learning, especially public ones, should open channels of communication with their students. This is because in the long run these strikes will damage their reputation. Communication has been neglected in the past but I can assure you that it works.

By: Mercy Simatwo

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