[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]During our many years of intimate interaction with university students, we have enjoyed with fatherly satisfaction seeing callow and clueless freshmen transition into mature and notable professionals. Most poignantly, the academic courage and fighting spirit so inherent in past generations of young scholars is utterly missing. Oh, for the days when we practised street sociology and pavement politics! Finally, politics is now Kenya’s most lucrative occupation, completely eclipsing all previously respected careers including medicine, law and architecture. What a perfect killjoy when brilliant students see their role-model medics picketing on the streets for better pay!

Source: Standard Digital March 04, 2021 02:03 UTC