Pharis Jane installed as the Mt Kenya Colleges and Universities Students Association Chairperson.
In an event that was graced by hundreds of students from the Mt Kenya region drawn from as far as Kibabii and Egerton Universities, Pharis Jane was endorsed and crowned as the chairperson of the Mt Kenya students umbrella body.
Before being installed as the chairperson, Pharis had served as the association’s Secretary General since its launch in 2018.
Pharis Jane, now the chairperson of MCUSA was endorsed during the end-of-year party that was held at Club Truth Garden along Thika road.
Colleges and Universities leaders present mandated him with the role of leading both students from the region and also showing the youths of Mt Kenya direction.
Speaking after the installation, Pharis Jane recalled the storm that engulfed the student’s umbrella body after the sudden death of the founding chairman through a tragic road accident.
“Recently, as we are all aware, MCUSA has faced its greatest storm. We lost a soldier, not just a soldier but our top rank general and our Founding Chairman Steve Chege…. I want to assure you that no matter how great our setbacks are, how severe our pain is, we shall not give up,” Pharis Jane said.
In his maiden speech, he also noted that the organization will be honouring its late founding chairperson every 30th of October every year.
He also emphasized the need of not abandoning the dream of the founding chairman and also the blueprint of MCUSA.
“Comrades as you have added more power to me today, I may lack capacity equal to that of my brother and MCUSA founding chairman Steve Chege. However, I believe in the shared dream he had envisioned for MCUSA. It is that shared dream that will guide the journey we are going to undertake as MCUSA comrades henceforth,” he also said as he concluded his speech.
Other National and University leaders who addressed students attending the end-of-year celebration congratulated Pharis Jane on his new role and wished him well.
Ms Janet Mwangi, a youth leader from Murang’a county congratulated Pharis Jane and assured him of her support in his new role as the MCUSA chairperson.
“Pharis Jane we have worked together for years now; you are the one who did introduce me to Chege. I know you have a vision for MCUSA and under your stewardship, MCUSA will make milestone achievements,” Janet Mwangi said.
Ms Njeri Burugu, MCUSA vice chair, appreciated the installed chairman’s influence in managing to mobilize hundreds of students from the Mt Kenya region together.
“Am so happy to see you all here today. Thank you Pharis Jane for bringing all of us together. Am so happy to see how far we have come as MCUSA it’s dream come true. I’m also elated to see how passionate we all are about this and how much we believe in the unity of MCUSA,” Njeri Burugu said.
