Songo, who hails from Homa Bay County, sat his KCSE in 2019 and got a C-, but claims he would have done better had he been allowed to sit the paper at night because “I am a nocturnal person.”
He says that the creativity and productivity of the night runner’s brain is best not in daylight like everyone else’s but at night.
“I demand to sit for the exam at night. An expert night runner does not see properly during the day. He sees clearly at night,” he said.
Songo, who made headlines in 2015 after he claimed to have set up a national lobby to protect the interests of the Knight Runners, says he will spare no effort in his efforts to take action against Magoha and the Examination Council. He says that he has enrolled again to sit in KCSE next month. He declared, “If Magoha and KNEC do not allow me to sit the paper at night, we will meet in court.” “I have to go to court to sue KNEC , specifically Magoha.”
Songo, however, would not reveal the name of the school where he is set to sit in the upcoming KCSE, saying: “I cannot give details as there are people who will come after me. In the past, taking admission in a school There was a problem because many teachers and PTA officials used to discriminate against me.”
He criticized Magoha for failing to attend physical education classes under the new competency-based curriculum (CBC) to improve his acrobatic skills.
According to Elimupedia news, Songo was addressing journalists and their fans in Ndhiwa sub-county this week, in which he reprimanded the social services department for failing to register his union. He says that under the 2010 Constitution, the government is bound to recognize the unique contribution of everyone to nation building.
Between 2017 and this year, Songo has participated in at least 10 national holiday festivals, where he has had the opportunity to market his business and invite fellow night runners to join his union. Among their demands are that the Nightrunners Association be allowed to register as a society and be given unrestricted access to the National Youth Fund, along with other public funds in the form of loans or grants.
Defending his business, Songo says that society should embrace night runners “because they are sociable and in some way provide security to the community as they patrol homes and farms when everyone else is asleep at night.” would have been.”
In June 2016, Songo became a wanted man after local leaders and residents of Homa Bay County accused him of ridiculing the county’s name. At an alleged meeting at Pala Koguta in the South Kabuoche location, elders led by the late politician Akech Chieng’ threatened to excommunicate him. Governor Cyprian Awiti even urged local youth not to engage with Songo.
Songo, who says his official name is Moses Okini, was given a week’s ultimatum to run or throw out for the night, but a shrewd Songo retreated to a neighboring county, only to return after the storm died down.
In many African cultures, night runners hardly own the practice and can barely discuss their trade, raising the question of whether Songo is a rowdy or merely suffering from an identity crisis.
