One of Africa’s prominent universities, Kenyatta University has been shut down indefinitely with officials of the institution asking students to vacate the main campus.
Daily Nation reported on Friday that the closure of the university was due to a night of unrest on the main campus after students burnt the old admission block.
The students were reportedly protesting the newly elected student leaders with some of them telling Daily Nation that their action was to express their displeasure with new leadership of the Kenya University Students Association (Kusa).
The new leaders were elected on Tuesday but the students claimed that these new leaders have been “fronted” and “sponsored” by the university management and do not represent the interests of students.
One student said “We also did not want to sit for the exams that had been scheduled to start next week Monday because we felt we were not ready because most of the lecturers have been away due to the ongoing strike”.
The students are demanding an overhaul of the university’s top management, repeal of the University Amendment Act 2016 in order to abolish the electoral-college in student union elections.
They also want a review of university’s policies and student disciplinary procedures and abolishment of the supplementary fee, amongst others.
The university’s Director of Student Affairs Edwin Gimode told Daily Nation the situation is being investigated.
Source: Africafeeds.com
