Inadequate housing in the university

We can’t deny that with the free education many people have had access to basic education which the would not have been able to afford if it was paid.
We have the government to thank for that. Free Primary and secondary education has brought about the double intake for public universities as more than 50,000 students sit for the Kenya Certificate of  Secondary Education and about 20,000 are admitted to public universities and this number increases every year.

With that said, Moi University admitted over 5000 students last which would be seen as the largest  number ever to be admitted. This of course was bound to bring problems in the Main Campus as it is where most students are to be admitted. Housing facilities were a great inconvenience to all students as many were left without room hence opting to look for other means outside the campus which was very tricky.

Some students who smelt a rat did the booking of outside hostels in the December holidays ahead of the semester which would start in the mid of January. These were the lucky few. Others came to school only to find that all rooms within and without the school. This was a great hustle for students who were forced to wait for rooms to be built so that they could move in.

This problem has caused many comrades to “pirate” in their friends’ rooms. While others opt to cohabit with their boy/girlfriends. We can just hope that the administration of the campus takes into consideration the hustles students go through and take the initiative of building new and bigger hostels, or better yet complete the many incomplete building which already have a foundation. For example, hostel i and n are halfway done.

The students can only hope for a better future and as for now take the living conditions as they are.