The Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) students will now be required to adhere to a new dress code, in line with guidelines released by the institution.
In a banner put near the institution’s entrance, the students were advised to consider the guidelines, with a ban on bathroom slippers, hot pants, and caps or hats except those worn for religious purposes.
The female students were also cautioned against wearing crop tops or shirts that reveal parts of their bodies, miniskirts, and sexually revealing clothing.
They were also strictly advised against unkempt hair, sagging trousers, and clothing or items adorned with political symbols or images that could provoke others.
“Students are required to dress decently at all times. The dress code may reflect the professional training each student hopes to attain,” the banner reads in part.
“Comrades, this weekend make sure you sort out your wardrobes to align with the above. Adhere to this message,” the university added.
This directive comes a month after the Moi University Dean of Students, Dr. Alice Mutai, communicated a similar directive to the students. Among the prohibited items are mini skirts, skin-tight trousers, ragged or ripped jeans, tumbo-cut blouses or t-shirts, and low-cut blouses.
"The Students are expected to dress decently in modest and appropriate attire. However, we have observed and noted with concern the indecent dressing by some of you," she stated.
"All students should desist from inappropriate dressing while at the University as this may result in disciplinary action. This is therefore to request all Students to dress decently and Staff are requested not to serve students who are dressed indecently.”
Among other universities to have banned indecent clothing include the University of Eldoret (UoE) and Kenya Methodist University (KeMU).
In January 2023, following the death of an LGBTQ student, the UoE banned cross-dressing within the institution premises, advocating for a proper and appropriate dress code.
Weeks earlier, KeMU effected regulations barring female students from wearing skirts above the knee level, tops exposing the navel, dreadlocks and plaited hair.
