A recent voluntary HIV testing at the University has shown that almost half of the students who took part are HIV positive.

The university has acted swiftly and has limited inter-residence visits between male and female students. Students are furious with UZ management. UZ Vice Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura said allegations
that his management style was heavy-handed and infringed on the individual rights of students would not deter him as he could not be seen to be condoning promiscuity.

“The grim statistics of sexually transmitted diseases at the institution have forced us to have a limit for inter-residence visits between female and male students. We have consulted lots of parents and all of them do
not want to promote promiscuity by allowing students to enjoy married life-styles by staying with their girlfriends in the halls of residence,” Prof Nyagura said.

“You may be interested to know that not so long ago, we had a survey here which revealed that 47 percent of students who went for voluntary HIV testing were found to be positive. As a parent, that’s a worrisome
stat. At some stage I was surprised that Swinton Hall had almost become like a maternity wing with hordes of students pregnant,” he said.

“While we acknowledge that this is an adult institution, we don’t think it’s good for us to encourage cohabitation of male and female students.”