Kamuzu College of Nursing students strike over meal allowances
Students of Lilongwe’s Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) held a demonstration Wednesday afternoon to show displeasure at not having received their meal allowances for three months.
When Malawi News Agency (Mana) visited the campus amid the commotion later that afternoon and established that the allowances, called ’malswitch,’ had been raised from K40,000 to K50,000 with effect from January this year but not a penny had been given to the students ever since the raise.
“All we want is our money and its arrears because we suspect that members of the administration are embezzling it, otherwise why would other colleges have received their allowances and not us,” reasoned one student who further disclosed that the excuse given to them by the administration was lack of funding.
Efforts to get clarification from the college’s administration proved futile as the members of administration who were then at the scene said they were too busy to comment.
Neither damage of property nor any arrests had been made when we went to press around 5.00 pm, but the atmosphere had calmed down following a Rapid Response team of the Malawi Police Service who had stormed the campus to restore order
Too much corruption these directors if something went wrong we need to show them our response by doing strike thus not wrong guys! that is our right
Toothless students
you think you are special in some way you idiots, don’t you know that your banana republic gooferment has no money??????????????????????
So sad to here that but y are these people provoking ma professional student? Mukufuna akapanga strike muziti akupwanya proffesionalism yawo? C also what nonm is planning to do in 7 days to come with the same issue of money….
Its Really Nt Good ,,,,,u Hv Been Patient Enough,,,asambwazeni Basi Amenewo
Ooo! Ndiye mukudya za ma patient tu.
Anyway, something is seriously wrong somewhere. Most probably, it’s the funding animal. There’s a lot of underfunding to various ministries.
However, they should give you the allowances now.
Ana aakazi amwene, osati mphongo za mbwelera zikungothuzulira ma sachetizi ayi.
U tekn money meant for others u pocket as ur own, bt stl more u luk as pity as u wre yesterday…ndiamene mukupangitsa Malawi kukhala chitseka khoma pamayiko onse osauka pa dziko la pansi…..narrow minded pipo
Zithamangitseni zimenezi ngati zaswa katundu zipange refund nalo bomali zibwana too much ndi ma upkeep anuwa unima is very cheap
Who do we trust then?