The Cost Of Graduation By Law is Sh. 50,000 – Moi University Students Paid Off Not to Graduate

Another day, another graduation. Moi University is having its 38th Graduation Ceremony today producing another batch of job hungry unemployed graduates. However due to poor management, some students will not be graduating today since their names were not on the list. As a result of this colossal mistake ,the court ordered Moi University management to pay  students 50,000 shillings for failing to include them in the graduation list for the 38th Graduation ceremony currently.

In a case followed by many closely, the students complaining proved to the court that they satisfactorily fulfilled all the requirements set by Moi University on time but when the graduation list came out, their names had not been included among those set to graduate in the August 22nd ceremony. Approximately 700 students missed their names on the graduation list of Moi University due to hefty fee balances and missing marks. The students who took the university to court however were suppose to graduate in December 2018 but the date kept being delayed due to recurring lecturers strike.

Out of desperation, the group demanding quick justice sought help from a Mombasa court.In the ruling , the Mombasa court declared that Moi University pays the students 50, 000 shillings respectively for the grave inconvenience. The aggrieved students were, however, seeking to have their names included in the graduation list for August. This was not possible so the 50,000 shillings will have to do for now as they wait to graduate in December 2019.

The aggrieved Moi University students were supposed to have graduated in December 2018 but recurring lecturers strike has seen them delay for a year now while stuck with expired student identification cards.The students set to receive the 50, 000 shillings are a total of thirteen.