Strange double life in a city hostel

Without hostels, college life would be unthinkable in Kenya. Yet, students who rent rooms in estates and slums surrounding campuses have heart-rending tales of having to put up with horrid living conditions that pose numerous challenges to their lives.

When many parents pay accommodations fees, they falsely think that their children have a nice home away from home for the duration of their study. But the other side of the coin ushers in the shocking truth that hostels are no longer the quiet restrictive havens their planners intended.