Gender Watch Kenya

I hope when writing this article, the group of students from University of Nairobi who took law into their hands on Sunday 3 rd July, 2011 by burning the two men will read this. I understand you were bitter following the rape of your fellow female comrades but as learned fellows, taking the law into one’s hands especially to extend of murder is unforgivable and abominable. One of the students’ representatives said, ‘some of the guys that were on patrol took the initiative and they found the guys as they were about to rape a lady, and that is when they got hold of them and took action. We have no apologies to make and we are still going to act as students.’ I must admit that I doubt if this issue is based on any fact or you acted from fury. According to police administration, one of the victims has been identified by a relative as Mr. Boventure Odhiambo Ndubi, who was until May 18 th an employee of Hatari Security Guards. The other victim was identified by a relative as Moris Muiruri...

Graduation ceremony ‘Show me your friends and I will tell you what type of person you are,’ Alan Higgins. Most are the times when young people joining universities and colleges embrace the freedom with so much naivety and anxiety. Some of them come from very strict families where their moves are strictly monitored and high disciplinary measures are instilled. However, this freedom sees most of them indulge into fun blindly. The first drive to this is the friends they choose. Wrong friends exploit such innocent and naïve persons into ‘real’ world. Drug abuse, exceeded partying, prostitution and all the hell of crimes in the name of been adventurous and outgoing become the order of the lifestyle in the varsities. On the other side, the innocent young people don’t want to be viewed as backward and in turn keep the flow. Some end up deteriorating in their academic performances; others contact dreadful infections while others this becomes a ‘highway to the grave’ like the case of ...