“We cannot give you more than Ksh. 2500” Dean tells students.

By Atieno Mboya

3rd year students waiting to be addressed by the dean. Photo Courtesy: The News Reel Library

Students from the School of Information Sciences were on Thursday afternoon treated to a shock, after their grievances on inadequate trip allowances failed to be addressed as per their wishes.

The 3^rd year students who are scheduled to go for an academic trip to Nairobi from Monday 29^th to Friday 4^th, were an irate lot after finding out they were only to receive Ksh. 25OO as allowance, for the 5 days they’ll be attending the trip.

“The school can’t be serious. How can they expect us to live in Nairobi, provide for ourselves our own accommodation and yet again cater for our own food in Nairobi, for 5 days with only 2500? Do they want to turn us into street boys?” said one of the angered students.

According to the Dean of the school, Prof. Wamukhoya, issues on raising the allowances required a process, since it’s a matter that cuts across all schools, and not just the School of Information Sciences.

“As a school, we cannot do anything about raising your allowance money for the trip which is to happen in 4 days. That is a matter you as students need to raise through your Students’ body, to the Senate. That’s how the issue will be addressed,” said the Dean.

“For now, we as a school are keen about ensuring the money to allow you guys to go out for a trip is settled,” he added.

The students however insisted on more action to be taken, considering they had been paying for the field trip fee since first year.

“We’ve been paying fee since first year. How can all that I have personally been paying amount to 

2500? Hii admin inacheza (the admin is joking)” added another.

This came two days after the students from the School of Human Resource rioted concerning the same issue of inadequate allowances for their field trip next semester.