Why are JKUAT students so in love with street food?
Just a few days ago food experts warned of deadly germs in most of the popular ‘mutura,’ sold in Nairobi. “It could make you very sick,” the researcher from University of Nairobi warned in a report published on October 23.
Uki chips funga dame wa JKUAT, si unaweza sema umechipo Mwitu mtu…
— Innocent Bernd ?? (@Innocent_Bernd) June 22, 2014
Barely before broke university students had settled on a new meal for supper , the “chips mwitu” , a memo circulating in JKUAT university has warned students against consuming food exposed to unclean environments.
This is because in a visit to Juja , home to the main campus, you can hardly go ten meters without coming across a street food vendor.
The university students are known for the love of cheap food to save for weekends to shop in githurai and Gikomba.
The level of saving witnessed at the cost of their health is shocking and since the mutura and the Chips have been put on the radar , i wonder what they will be eating.
One thing you should know is that the food that is likely to be consumed by university students is Ugali , since most ladies in campuses have fake nails and while eating the meal ,the nails are said to stick and end up chewing them.
As for the men they argue that ugali makes them sleepy and hence miss out on plans to go out as they are caught in the sleep.
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has thus warned its students against a possible cholera outbreak.
JKUAT chief medical officer R W Mumo said in an internal memo dated November 29 that several cases have been reported in Juja in Kiambu.
The university has a population of more than 5,000 students.
Students have been urged to maintain cleanliness and report any suspected cases.
At Juja fish n chips with @ute120 @thef1croc @uchihamwalimu @qaris and @AIESECUoN & AIESEC JKUAT crews having late lunch.
— Swaleh Hassan (@Swalz07) March 18, 2011
“We expect strict hand washing before handling food. The students should drink only boiled water,” Mumo said in the memo on Friday.
The school has also told the students to avoid hawked food such as cut fries, salads and juices.