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Kuinama: How broke, hungry university students survive on fewer meals

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Magati Okenye Edgar, a student at the University of Nairobi eats boiled eggs during an interview at Klabu, a food joint at UON, on March 13, 2025.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

It’s just past 1pm at the University of Nairobi and from a distance, it looks like a scene brimming with youthful ambition.

Students spill from lecture halls, gathering in lively knots under the midday sun, books clutched tight, conversations buzzing.