The cold war between sponsors and boyfriends in campus

The nerve that breaks when one gets wind that his girlfriend has a 'sponsor' is more complex that not even the renowned neurosurgeon can detect.

The young, and apparently broke boyfriends have off late been living in the fear that their girlfriends may lose interest in the relationship and eventually end up falling for these men in suits and ties, 'beer-bellies' protruding with heavy pockets; the old men who have replaced the real meaning of the word sponsor with some flesh-gnashing mysterious undercover definition.

Girls in campus, who at this point have earned the title 'slayqueens', are the immediate victims of this money-dripping old 'boys.' The struggles in campus have become so giant that if you don't have a sponsor, you don't make sense, or so they believe.

Some of these 'sponsors' are sometimes the lectures who act so serious in class. They will be harsh on you (the boy child) in class and also in the marking of your exams, and still, end up smashing your girlfriend in exchange for good grades and some dough. How sad!

Being in a relationship has become a struggle, if not a part-time job on campus. Despite having the supportive hand of HELB, these girls will still prefer the supportive hands of sponsors on them in the name of making extra notes.

Too much money isn't enough money. The boyfriends are with the task of feeling insecure and not able to provide.

The competition is a debacle to the boyfriends since the girls are easily enticed with the lavish goods that the sponsors are willing to blow. The dates and gifts offered by the sponsors are worth deleting the boyfriend's good acts in her mind.

With the rising number of sponsors, the relative amount of slayqueens has also increased intensively. You will find even the girls who came from the rural locations of the country engaging themselves in this gold-digging 'business.' The same girls who were told: "chungana na vijana wa Nairobi, sio wazuri!"

It's devastating to see young innocent girls sinking into this pool of immorality in the name of trying to survive on campus.

The cold war between the sponsors and the boyfriends has no signs of coming to a halt. As long as the young damsels will continue seducing the old folks, the old people won't stop enticing the young damsels...and who is on the receiving end? The boyfriends.