I loved spending my undergraduate years in JKUAT. However, the first day of the semester was a headache. You had to contend with long queues, which quickly became uncontrollable crowds. You had to deposit school fees at the bank, then come with the deposit slip to the students’ finance office with it as proof of payment. From there you could then register for the new semester, book rooms, etc.
Fighting through the crowd to finally get to the cashier was not easy! Usually if you are a girl you gave a boy classmate to do the dirty work for you! And with heroic tactics, these guys were creative in finding ways to the front! This also happened just before exams, when you had to be cleared by the finance department before you can sit for your exams.
I’ll leave you with like three pics, see for yourself. I got the pics from FB, so if you’re the one who took them, thank you for allowing me to use them. You wouldn’t say no, would you?
Here’s another one..
From another angle..
Wait. For real??
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For real.
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hehehehe..i surely dnt miss that…
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It was adventure on its own.. those first days!
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Very resourceful! — though I’m not sure I’d appreciate it if I were next in line after waiting a long time! As you say, it’s mostly men who enjoy such competition 😉
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True.. the problem with the queues is that they tended to turn into chaos too quickly!
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frustrating esp if u were about to be served and the cashiers decided to go for lunch/ close for the day. They had an excuse for this ‘the network is down’
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Oh that network is down excuse drove me crazy!
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kumbe am not the only one who did time at that place…
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this was a big shame! what about queues in the mess? some guys like agutu (who i understand is a lecturer there nowadays) could “kata line” just to buy 26-chapo mbili na beans……hope this changed coz it really pissed me off
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I doubt it has changed.. don’t know this Agutu guy but it’s a shame ’cause CMB never runs out..!
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The picture of the guy on the first photo….
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Spiderman got nothing on him!
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What about the MEDICAL line thats there for all the first years(mostly JAB)…nightmare
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Oh that queue was so lonnnnggggggg, spiraling and snaking around..!
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hahahhaaaa….I can”t believe I missed this. This should be in humour. Goodness gracious.
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I should edit it to reflect humour for sure!
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wololo..
looks too familiar..still have to deal with this for a number of years to come. hmph.
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Enjoy if you can 🙂
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Just finished my studies at JKUAT and boy everyone hates the Finance state at that campus……totally agree that is something i wont miss too
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JKUAT is a special place to study in.. but the finance department is the worst!
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It indeed worries that a world class institution of this calliber has this to offer. Disorder! What a shame?
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Case in point, you spelling caliber as calliber!
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ITS olmost exam tme i don want @ recall about financeeeeeee.simply it s….ks 2 dyness
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I hope you managed to sort out your finance issues before exams! All the best..
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Same case everywhere, nkt!
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hehehe,i am about to join…i atleast hav a clue of what awaits me. Forewarned is forearmed!
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