Why campus life is not easy for our youth

Egerton University drama club members addressing the press at the university main campus in Njoro. [File, Standard]

The death of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno, whose body was found in a forest in Homa Bay County on Wednesday, brings to the fore issues that, sadly, we continue to ignore.

We have had too many deaths among university students and there is need for a cultural shift that will turn the tide of tragedy. And that shift must happen way before our young people become statistics.