2020 MOI UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS

Comrades from Moi University are preparing to cast their votes today as it was announced, 7th February 2020. Almost 40,000 students are expected to participate in the activity to elect leaders of their choice. This year’s election is the third election under the new Moi University student’s organization constitution: MUSO 2017, that emphasizes on the new leadership structure.

Earlier on the dean of students (students’ affairs) had produced an internal memo to officially announce the dates and give permission for the delegates to begin their campaigns. The posts provided include; chairman, vice chairman, secretary general, special needs and social affairs secretary.

The undergraduate students are expected to start moving down to the student’s centre, conference rooms where the voting process will be conducted.
For a student to become a leader in this university, there are various qualifications stated which include;

1.Must be registered as a student of Moi University.
2.Must be registered in the college he/she represents
3.Must have at least two semesters left for study.
4.Must have completed at least one semester of study.
5.He or she shall be a paid up member.
6.He/she should have a clean disciplinary record as captured under Article 60.
7.Should have passed successfully their examinations in the semester immediately preceding the elections and have achieved a mean score of 60%
8.Shall have at least collected 10% of the signatures of Electoral College which the aspirant is a member and in the case of secretary general aspirant, one ought to collect at least 20% of each of the constituent Electoral College.

A qualification for a voter is that he/she must be student registered in the university.

About the campaigns done earlier on, the delegates were seen to be very persistent and enthusiastic in the campaign activities. Many students were influenced to participate in meetings and also moving around the school calling names of the delegates.

Banners, flyers and posters were other ways of putting the delegates name to the public. Around the school compounds, walls and trees the posters are seen to be stacked.

Later in the day, students and university staff will be expecting to know the results of the election. Most of the students say the eagerly expected result is the MUSO chairman’s post.