Ugandan VC asks MKU boss to lose weight

Mount Kenya University (MKU) Chairman has been asked to lose weight to fit in a graduation gown.

Simon Gicharu, the MKU founder allegedly weighs in excess of 120 kilos.

Gulu University Vice Chancellor, Prof Jack Nyeko Pen-Mogi, while addressing graduands during MKU’s sixth graduation ceremony, in a light note, asked Gicharu to drop some kilos or face health problems.

“I can see you do not fit in your gown,” Nyeko interjected.

The VC from Uganda is a close friend to Gicharu.

Gicharu told graduands, “You have no option but to succeed because if you don’t, I will not love to be associated with you.”

Kenya School of Law Director PLO Lumumba was the chief guest during the ceremony which saw 6,305 students graduate from the university.