Greg Adero

MENTAL SLAVERY Most people are aware of only physical slavery which majorly ended many years ago. However, aspect of mental slavery have continued to subsist amongst men and women, young and old, literate and illiterate, rich and poor people. One gets into mental captivity when he or she gets misinformed about self and real world. He or she becomes unable to differentiate how things are and how things should be. Most of the times the victim lives in fantasy world. This form of self slavery is more sinister than even physical slavery because the captives never realize their situation. Mental slavery is another form of emotional thinking rather than rational thinking. Here, one is guided by his emotions but not his mind. A lady who decides to be a single mother because good men no longer exist falls under this category. She is enslaved by misconceptions that all men are unfaithful, arrogant and violent. Maybe due to past experiences and the environment, she commits the fallacy that a

POLITICIANS ARE MISUSING COMRADES POWER As MUSO election are looming, Politicians around are already up on their feet to seek recognition. They are always in the forefront in doing anything for their selfish interests. These politicians are taking advantage of comrades’ situations and campus events to seek a political platform. After inciting us to fight last year, these people are out once again to cause tribulations so that their influence can be felt amongst the comrades. Unfortunately, they are using comrades’ power to pursue their personal interests. When the schools of Education and Arts and Social Sciences were out demanding for their marks last month, it was purely a peaceful demonstration for academic reasons. However, we saw them take over the peaceful demonstration and changed the subject from academic to political. We watched as they denied the MUESA and SASS officials to address the crowd at the student centre. We saw them disorganize the DVC and Admin envoy several