Campus politics taking a New Stage

National politics and election are the only ones in the country that are accompanied by heavy spending to get the seat. If you thought that too, then you must be wrong and need to walk in some universities during their campaign period to prove yourself wrong!!!

For a long time University elections have never been so involving until of late. You could win any position without campaigning too much and spending much during the campaigns.But of late it is a very different case.

At the University of Nairobi is where the revolution started, during their last year's elections where Babu Owino emerged the winner billboards and even Road show lorries were used in the campaigns. Babu Owino says that he spend up to nearly Sh10million for campaigns, this is not a joke!

Somebody said “Politics is a bad game”, and this phrase may also be applying in our university politics also. In the current Mount Kenya University campaigns unconfirmed news is that one aspirant was allegedly splashed with Sulphuric Acid on her face by an opponent, Days after the incident another aspirant who is vying for the Entertainment docket was attacked while walking from the school to his house. 

Rumors has it that most of the aspirants are funded by big politicians and famous businessmen who either has interest or want to help the aspirants grow politically.

Is campus politics paving way for to the national politics or is national politics paving way to the universities?.