A Moi University lecturer was left seething mid-lesson after a student who joined her online class made a disrespectful gesture on camera, prompting her to stop teaching and issue a direct warning.
Margaret Mwonyonyo was conducting her SNE 100 lecture when a participant who logged in under the name Edwin Langat switched on his video feed.
Rather than engage with the class, Langat made an obscene hand gesture, offending both the lecturer and the other students present in the session.
Mwonyonyo Stops Class to Confront the Student
Mwonyonyo halted her lecture immediately and addressed Langat by name, making clear she intended to pursue the matter beyond the virtual classroom.
“You are abusing us, Edwin Langat. I am going to follow you. You cannot bring vulgar videos in my class. I don’t know if you are a student, but I am going to follow you,” she said.
Her fellow students rallied behind her. One unmuted his microphone to echo her frustration, directing his words squarely at Langat.
“Yes madam, make sure you follow him. What are these things you guys are doing in class? This is bad manners; that is bad character. Edwin this is bad,” voices from the other students were heard saying.
Kenyans react to Moi University online lecture
The incident quickly spread beyond the lecture room, drawing strong reactions from social media users who remembered their own encounters with Mwonyonyo or speculated about the consequences awaiting the student.
Phylis:
“Huyu Mwonyonyo was fire, she almost slapped me because of laughing in her class.”
Mikey:
“That boy is about to suffer from missing marks for eternity. It’s weird how people confuse funny with stupidity. I’m sure he thought this would be funny.”
Robert Mutahi:
“Things you joke with, and you spend another 7 years in school pursuing a 4 years degree.”
Patrick Gomez:
“Make a follow-up…how did he get the link to join.”
Steve Judah:
“Unfortunately, the dude might spend 7yrs before graduating, a classmate once did the same in an online class, the lecturer did everything she could till she caught up with him,long story short, 5yrs have elapsed and our guy is still in 3rd yr eloii.”
The comments reflect a widely held view among Kenyan students that disrupting a lecturer mid-session, particularly in a recorded online environment, carries consequences far heavier than a moment of infamy on social media.
