When meals were free and students were paid ‘boom’ in campus

While unrest by campus students is not new in Kenya, the recent riots by University of Nairobi students left many counting losses. It was quite unfortunate, and to think they took to the streets over food is even more mind blowing.

Many wondered what the students had smoked that morning when they went on a rampage just because the administration had banned cooking in the halls of residence. Few Kenyans could wrap their minds around that as reason considering that back in the day when there was real education, all that was required for admission to university was good marks.