Campus-Most admired immorality hub.

When anyone  who cared to keep pace with the media was treated to a free entertainment in a lurid incident of bestiality and some college students’ name found themselves intertwined, many thought the drama would end there. But this thought was soon met with unending challenges as it quickly culminated into a harsh reality when even more ‘entertaining’ brouhaha came into play. Its all happening in the grubby walls of our campus fences-a destination once admired by all. A place which was once the shortest route  to heaven but now is a better  route to hell. You would fault me but trust me honesty is needed in this; our universities and colleges are never the same. At some point, sessions were set aside at the chief’s baraza for the potential graduates to address the people, but as things stand now, immorality has formed our third names; at least for most people. This is indeed a worrying trend and anyone who cares should have held peaceful demonstrations to inflict a bit of attention to this. With such statistics, one is bound to wonder what will transpire in the next  few years.

EASY TRAPS

The students have become a soft spot  and an easy target for many attentions; both bad and good in equal measure. Every time you set your foot to  any of these institutions, assuming the  dress code will impress you,you will soon find a reason to think twice about our morality in the current institutions of higher learning.

“Recently, I was approached by a woman-an old lady, who purportedly wanted me to date her. I knew her through a friend whom  I paid a visit  in Nairobi's  gated estate,Lavington. She talked passionately with me when my friend went to the shower and she soon gave me her business card but was careful to retain my number too. ‘Joel,a second  year student remembers his ordeal.. That’s not an issue because it’s a repetition of what most of us are used to. Its shocking that Joel never minded dating the married woman; despite her husband being a man of the uniform.”When she offered herself, no one could turn financial breakthrough down-not even me’’ Joel said with certainty.''I did this to satiate my appetite for money ,HELB is never enough .’’Joel concludes.

TAKING ADVANTAGE.

            Most people with ill intentions take advantage of the vulnerability of the college students who most of them are facing a state of financial uncertainty  and employment scarcity. Jackie,a Bachelor of Commerce student in a private University,who is sponsored by well wishes was lured and trapped with a promise of employment in future.’’I attended the a talk show on employment and  its from there that I met a businessman. When he gave me his number and emailed him later to follow up on this,he took advantage of me with many ‘coffee dates’ which saw him through to my body.”After  the incident,he found his way to me and  since then we have been meeting frequently. In short,we are now dating.

Prof. Aluoch,a counselor  notes that students who easily fall prey are either swayed by their lust or simply follow their peers’ trends. But she warns that such habits do not sound well for their future lives and marriages.’It takes a student of integrity to develop into a responsible person with exceptional morals’,she concludes.

FREEDOM.

Mr.Joseph Ogutu,a senior teacher at St.Joseph’s School,Rapogi has different stand on this.’’When the students are released  from ‘jail’ of school rules and got  exposed to the freedom of universities and colleges,what do you expect?’’He quips  with curiosity. According to him the students are actually on the rampage to exploit their freedom. He says,every student has a right to do what they desire but a voice of reason is necessary to keep their goals intact and reciprocate the trust bestowed in them by their struggling parents and kins. He concludes that a drop of self respect and self-control could travel along way to avoid many dangerous  ventures which could spell doom in such precious lives. It is from uncontrolled freedom that our girls have been drugged,raped,exploited and dumped..It is from this freedom that our boys have lost  their lives weeks to the graduation square or worse still,this freedom has altered the HIV status of many to the unexpected hence spelling a lifetime of regrets and doom. What's more,the same freedom is instrumental in ensuring thousands of ‘future leaders’ being  flushed out to the old sewage pipes of  the toilets as a result of botched abortions.

LOSE FAMILY TIES.

Peris Kahure,the outgoing Gender Secretary of Kenyatta University’s Students Leadership has a different thought on what might have lead to this,”Most families are scattered and operate in patches,if not the parents are purposefully engaged to an extend that their children become a part time affair. As a result,most children find comfort in pornographic sites and dirty materials.’’She says with an obvious show of remorse. Family,a unit originally instituted to bond loved ones and steer  continuity has now turned out to be recipe of immorality. The children grow to become adults with the same mentality and that’s what transpires to our campuses.

GIRLS ARE SO CHEAP

”Girls are  so cheap here!”A third year student who sought  anonymity said confidently,”If I need a girl now-apparently not to marry,just for ‘cooling my appetite’,it will just take me a SMS to achieve that. Just show me any number here and I will be with her in a moment,’’ he says showing his phone book memory.”They are probably becoming more Philanthropic than Mother Teresa”He adds with a chuckle.”Even these skimpily dressed girls are not that ‘expensive’ as they portray themselves,recently I told a girl that I had a girlfriend,but she insisted to sleep with me and so was it,that’s campus.’’He concludes. Evidently,its no longer a hustle  to sleep with a girl. The word ‘I love you’ has scrapped overtime and its all about,’When are you coming?’If this is how far our society has evolved,then everyone has a right to be afraid. John,a second year student says he is currently entertaining himself with a married housekeeper.''She first saw me in a washroom when she was inspecting their cleanliness.She probably spotted me when relieving myself at the urinal,after that she called me to her office and told me her plans with me,I gave in so easily because my girlfriend is far away and everyone needs company.''The young guy with athletic body says proudly swinging his key holder.''She promised to give me a single room this semester and indeed I'm in a single room,technically I have a female room mate-housekeeper. She comes nearly daily for 'services'and life goes on.''The proud boy concludes.

ALL IS NOT LOST

            With all the dirty confessions  all around our colleges,you  realize the line between college and evil or immorality is so thin and it trickles down  to individual responsibilities,we still find have some forlorn hope if we guard ourselves.Its even better for our image thereafter because currently most people have nightmares  on the mention of ‘university’-not everyone thinks of First Class Honours. Many actually  think of dark memories which altered their ambitions and replaced their goals. Drama will not stop any time soon if we don't  realize its an individual responsibility.It pays to be well behaved,it pays to be decent and that can be said again.