A fourth year female student who undertook her internship at a local airline company for five months, told AFRICAN NEWS that she had to endure sexual harassment at the company by most men, and was even denied the monthly stipend because she refused to sleep with one of the bosses. “Someone called me from Eldoret.
He wanted me to sleep with him before he could give me the position,” said the civil aviation student. Another student, Gladwell Wangui of Moi University, said she turned down several sexual demands from men who made it clear to her that nothing comes easy.
She had to wait for more than four months to get a placement, by which time the deadline stipulated by the school had lapsed. “I got a placement at NHIF (National Hospital Insurance Fund) fair and square, without sleeping with anyone,” said Wangui.
Dr Duncan Omanga, a lecturer at Moi University said internship posts were not easy to secure and that “some students may end up doing just about anything to get such spots.” In most universities, internships are assessed and mandatory, with marks awarded at the end of the semester