Why Government needs to regulate rent

Housing is one of the basic needs that human beings cannot do without. Nairobi may be rejoicing but its expenses deny Kenyans rights; right to limited working hours. Nairobians rarely rest; wake up at 4am to spend 4hours in jam to avoid the awful boss, struggle up to midnight to make extra cash. Be careful, nowadays if you struggle for extra cash you'll be arrested for loitering.

The amount of rent paid in Nairobi is too much and still escalating at a very high rate. Imagine a student from a poor Turkana family with no relative in the city and because misfortunes never come singly, he or she misses accommodation in the University of Nairobi, where to? Hell? or maybe take the plight of a jobless graduate and because he or she has been tarmacking in the city for long, settles for a job paying 20,000 p.m. What do you expect them do to meet their expenses?