Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Inside the stinking Makerere University Halls of Residence.

Recently I went with my friend Eddie to cover a news story at UPC’s Uganda House. While inside,we branched off for a short call, I found out that the whole building was in a mess,Broken water Pipes, everywhere. I guess if Mama Miria is not serious floods of Urine will soon chase her from office.
However this experience was not new to me, back at Makerere University we are faced with a more serious crisis than that I saw at Uganda House.
Most Halls at the university are in a poor state, they face insufficient water supply, electricity breakdown, poor hygiene, and most of them are in a state of decay and require complete renovation.
Although I hail from a cleaner Livingstone Hall,The likes of Nsibirwa, Nkrumah,Lumumba, Mary Stuart,Complex and UH just needs your prayers .When we were told that we are to leave Livingstone for Nsibirwa during recess, we started cursing our selves coz we couldn't imagine staying in stinking Nsibirwa for the entire eight weeks.
I think Nsibirwa takes a Gold medal as a most smelling hall at campus, it can set records and break them still.Its lavatories are flooded with water, faces are always hanging on dry bowels because of constant water cut offs, as a solution to the filthy nature of their toilets, some students of Nsibirwa have decided not to use their toilets and go to other halls or nearby hostels.
Stepping into Insibirwa Toilets! Oh my God. I feel devastated to write this because my minds are so irritating, recalling packed to brim bowels of faces floating in these toilets.
I can't entirely blame the administration though it bears the greatest blame.Once your inside Nsibirwa toilets, You may wish you were born illiterate not to read obscene words written everywhere on the wall.The so called 'states men' can abuse the President,their own guild, Vice Chancellor, Chancellor and even some people outside Uganda.Yes, they have freedom of speech but this should be responsibly exercised.
They can write how Kenya has the Most ugly first Lady in the world,how kenyan chics are menisers,how westerners are tribalists, who was raped in whose room, how she was screaming and other stupid stuff I can't even blog about.
Inside their messes, is a real mess, almost all Hall's messes smell beans and posho, with food droplets everywhere on table. You may think Kindergartens eat from here.Cleaners are always busy pursuing their bachelor of arts in gossiping while cooks are doing their degree of food science in eating.
Can this situation be reversed? Yes, but it should be through privatizing these halls .Serious management of these halls can only be done by a private investor.Indirectly the government is telling us it has failed to properly manage these halls.
Currently private students pay shillings 340,000 per semester for food and accommodation to stay inside the University but they don’t get the services which they pay for as their money is used to cater for the budget of the government students as well.
I can't imagine finishing my recess and I get away from such stuff.

12 comments:

Klara said...

That so sad to read & It's even worse because nothing is being done..
I guess if the privatization plan is implemented it could do miracles..

eddiie said...

We are in the new world in which the economy is supposed to serve the quick fire thoughts that evolve...

i think privatising them is not a problem...

besides makerere university is nolonger for the poor..As lonf=g as you are here, you be ready to spend....

eddiie said...

@klara....i guess you know a face of this place kweli...

so let me ask you alittle bit...Do you rememeber senate?

GERALD said...

Eddie Yaah .. I think forces of economic liberalism will not spare this hall.
4 Klara, she is only Lucky that she didn't step in these halls.Any way do you know that she was so scarce that even when we tell bloggers that that Maverick chic was in town they cant believe it.

SAGE said...

Makerere! A market place wea lazy ass Lecturers mint money from photocopiers in the name of unnecessary hand outs. What a shame. Ma 5 years on that monument of intellectualism. no longer a movement, iwud gladly pay em deans money to unsubscribe me from that jail cell of capitalism-And i aint no communist either. Word!

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Cheri said...

I am Pro- Privatisation of the University's halls of residence.

Lindah said...

Hmmm...How come the situation is worse in male Halls of residents? Privatization will work a little.

JWaninda said...

Wonder why you have beef for Nsibirwa, they give you refugee but you can't appreciate that. Wamma, state oyeeeeeeeeeeeee. Don't care what the neighbouring villages think of the state. Stone haaa... Ziiiiiiiiiiiii

GERALD said...

Jose stop being wierd.
I am not talking refugee in Nsibirwa but I am trying to point out what exactly is taking place... so Jose do you have any reason to be Happy IN SUCH CONDITIONS?.
Linda I don't know what happens in ladies Halls but I had that there is no any difference.
Sage...Lectures are are lazy as you can Imagine...Mwahaaaaa...

Dennis D. Muhumuza said...

the ills at makerere are the ills that befoul the rest of the country. unless we all change our ways, africa will remain the leper of the world. period.

Klara said...

I never got a chance to see that! Bt next time will definitely be available!