Did Caroline Mutoko Really Vow Not To Employ Nairobi University Students Because They Are Goons? She Speaks out

If you are a devoted user of social media I’m sure you have come across an article that claimed that Caroline Mutoko had said that UON graduates would not be employed at Radio Africa as they were goons.

The article went on to further ad that the reason Caroline Mutoko was displeased by the students was that they nearly stoned her car during the demonstration.

We spoke to Caroline who said

The saddest thing about people who lie and lie wildly to get attention is that they never check their facts:
So – just get rid of the nonsense and not necessary to shame the idiot who wanted a little limelight:

1. I don’t drive a Mercedes
2. I didn’t witness any of the drama – I barely left the office that day.
3. I don’t hire – at what point is it my decision whether or not someone gets hired at Radio Africa?

Like I said – the problem with liars is not knowing what they are talking about.

Here are the facts however as I laid them out on-air:

1. As sure as the sun will rise tomorrow – Public university fees will go up. The academic staff costs have gone up, the institution’s costs have gone up and even the non-academic staff have demanded more pay. The costs that have prevailed since the 90s don’t apply today and won’t in the future.
Fees will go up. Look for ideas and solutions not thuggery.

Until 1992/3 no-one would have thought there would be no “boom”. Yes there was the usual nonsensical stone throwing, but as sure as I am here today – boom is no more. Change is the ONLY constant thing in life.

2. Thinking as part of a crowd is suicidal. Degrees bare INDIVIDUAL NAMES, as do playslips, income tax returns, bank loans and even electricity bills. The sooner one learns to make decision about where they will be tomorrow the better.

3. The chaos, thuggery and nonsense on Tuesday was beneath any of the students of an institution of higher learning. If the residents of Kibera will no longer by used by any politician to result to chaos, why would you, who are privilege to be among the cream of academic society stope so low?

The reason I haven’t bothered to play along with someone who crafted an elaborate lie to justify feeling a little less awkward for being part of something that added no value is because I pity the person – deeply.
We’re not in competition. I won my race – I am where I was going.

I won when I graduated. I won when I got a job. I won went I got past my obstacles. I won, because everyday I’m living my dream on my terms. I won – and I didn’t even throw a stone – not once.