HEALTH

HEALTHY MINDS

A healthy mind?  Many people believe that those with mental disorders like aspersions or autism are the ones without healthy minds and those with healthy minds are able to tackle day to day hustle and activities. But what most people don't know is that; a healthy mind is that which is pure, whole and undivided. That which is in perfect sync with the body and soul.

It constitutes of a responsible, moral and above all integral person. It is the consistency of good and acceptable actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcomes. In general, proper and healthy habits and actions will contribute to a healthy mind.

CRAZY RITES OF PASSAGE

Among various rites of passage in a human’s life, initiation into adulthood seem to be valued by most people across different cultures. Young
people aspiring to be adults will do whatever is required of them to officially be called an adult in their society. Well maybe we are familiar to
some few ways of initiation, out there are other ways…crazy ways of initiation.

SCARIFICATION
Is practiced by the Sepik river tribes in Papua, New Guinea. Elders in this tribe use razor blade to cut the young men’s body in a pattern that imitates an alligator. Thy believe that the alligator will then consume any semblance of a boy left in their body and they will become men.

SAMBIAN
At 7years old, a boy is taken from his mother’s house and taken to a hut full of men only. Here they stay for ten years. During the ten years stay, they engage heavily in nose bleeding, forced vomiting and defecation by way of sugarcane in order to rid themselves of impurities after all these, they are men in their community.

FULANI FACIAL TATTOO
Before a Fulani girl is considered a woman in her society, she has to be tattooed on the face. This is done using a sharp piece of wood.

MATIS TRIBE OF BRAZIL
For Matis boys to be men, they must go for a hunt after they have had their eyes pumped with poison to improve their vision, they are bitten and whipped and finally, they must inject themselves with the giant leap frog using wooden needles which is incredibly painful.

CHAOS IN MOI UNIVERSITY IN ELDORET

One student injured badly due to an explosion  from a police vehicle that was burned at the junction of academic highway towards Moi university administration block on Sunday afternoon. The boy who was a third year student was later rushed to the schools ‘dispensary for first aid and later rushed to Eldoret for treatment.

Following the untimely death of a female student on 21^st February, Moi University students began demonstrating early on Sunday at the students’ center carrying branches and placards. From there they marched one on one at the academic highway towards the administration block and later to the streets of Moi University.

All activities at stage had to stop. The matatu operators could not withstand the pressure from students and so they had to obey and left immediately to secure their vehicles.  Later on, the anti-riot police came in to save the situation but they were overwhelmed and took to their heels for fear of losing their lives. The police were armed with tear gas, Rubber bullets, and their batons but they seemed useless since they did not succeed in their mission.

Instead, the students decided to burn down one of their vehicles. No one was on the rescue of the vehicle and for that reason it was burned to ashes. Only the metallic parts remained visible but in different color.  After burning the vehicle, the students felt relieved and calmed down. They scattered and everyone went back to their hostels hoping to attend classes the following day as usual.

MOI UNIVERSITY IS MOURNING…ITS SO SAD

The death of Charity Muthoni Maina who was raped and murdered near Talai on Saturday night left all the students of Moi University Main Campus mourn in bitterness.

Charity was a third year student in the school of arts and social sciences until the time she passed away. It was realized very late that is on Sunday morning when her body was found in a bush near one of the stage residential. The lady was attacked while she was coming from the Christian fellowship and she was almost getting to her place. From the look of things, the lady was strangled to suffocation before the guys raped her. After the act, they left her body naked with all her belongings. Her handbag which contained her notebooks, a bible, mobile phone and other personal items laid beside her untouched.

On Sunday morning, the news of her death went viral and the ocpd from Kesses police station came for the body that later on had to transport her to mortuary for post mortem as investigations begin. The mood in the campus was not normal as everyone was worried of their safety. Everyone felt sorry her family and her community and sent their condolences right from the vice chancellor, school management, technical staff and colleagues.

“God why me…? Why did you choose only me…why my daughter? She is the only daughter and my hope. I love her so much and she is the last born and she is the one I was left with in the family. Her father passed away recently and the memories are still on my mind yet this has followed.” The mother sobbed as the dean of students tried to comfort her in vain.

Plans for her burial are ongoing in the campus and contributions towards her funeral are done. The police report over the investigations are waited eagerly to capture the culprits. On the other hand the students are demanding for beefing up of security in the campus and its environs and also the university to look for a way they will cater for accommodation of all students inside the campus premises.