Hundreds of Kisii University students are battling with frustration, anxiety, and heartbreak over what they term as management negligence over their missing marks and delays in graduation.
For many students, what should have been a season of celebration has turned into a nightmare — their names missing from the graduation list, not because they failed, but because of what they describe as a “broken and indifferent system.”
“I passed all my units, but my marks were never uploaded in time,” says one fourth-year student, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of victimization. “I’ve been running up and down for weeks trying to trace my missing marks, but every office I go to sends me somewhere else. The lecturers are unreachable, and no one seems to care.”
According to multiple students, the university closed its graduation list on October 15th — a full two months before the actual ceremony.
This, they say, left little time to address missing marks, especially amid ongoing lecturers’ strike that has made communication nearly impossible.
“We were still following up with our lecturers when we suddenly learned the list had been closed,” another student explains. “Some of us didn’t even know the deadline had passed. Now we’ve been told to wait for the next graduation — maybe next year. It’s devastating.”
For many, the issue is not just about missing marks; it’s about transparency and fairness.
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Students say they were never clearly informed about the early closure of the graduation list and accuse the administration of poor communication.
“When you go to the dean’s office, you’re told, ‘This isn’t the last graduation,’ as if that makes it okay,” one frustrated finalist says. “We worked hard for four years, and now we’re being punished for administrative inefficiency.”
The growing unrest has sparked a 30-day online campaign calling on Kisii University to take responsibility and extend the graduation list by at least two weeks to accommodate affected students.
The campaign, which encourages students to share their stories anonymously, has already gathered traction across social media under hashtags like #KisiiUniversityMissingMarks and #JusticeForStudents.
“This is not just about us,” says another student organizer. “It’s about future students too. Parents and guardians deserve to know what’s happening here. The university’s silence only adds to the pain.”
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An administrator who spoke off the record admitted that the issue of missing marks has been recurrent in several departments, often due to delays in processing results or lecturers’ absence. However, they maintained that “efforts are ongoing to address complaints on a case-by-case basis.”
Still, for students whose dreams have been deferred, that’s little comfort.
“We’re mentally drained,” says one. “After all the sleepless nights and sacrifices, to be told you can’t graduate — not because of your performance but because of a system error — it breaks you.”
This comes amid the University’s final touches to host it 14th graduation ceremony scheduled for December 17, 2025.
As the campaign continues to gather momentum, all eyes are now on Kisii University’s management to see whether they will respond to the growing calls for accountability and compassion.
Efforts to get comments from the university management were fruitless.
By Mosoti Humphrey
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