Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has raised the alarm over skyrocketing university hostel accommodation costs, warning that the high fees are forcing students to seek accommodation in unsafe areas.
Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, July 24, Sifuna revealed that university students are being forced to abandon on-campus housing and seek shelter in slums due to unaffordable fees.
The senator criticised the reckless fee hikes by public universities, which he claimed are placing unbearable pressure on students already struggling with the soaring cost of living. "Students are being forced into slums because they cannot afford the new hostel rates," Sifuna noted.
Section of mabs area, 'slum' area preferred by section of Moi University students, April 9, 2025.
