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Hostel crisis hits Kisii University

A number of students from Kisii University have been forced to seek alternative accommodation in shanties owing to biting shortage of housing in the institution.

The university, which has a population of 12,000 students, has a paltry seven tiny hostels. The problem has been compounded by the fact that the university in 2014 terminated a lease agreement it had with three private hostels.

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