The University of Nairobi, (UoN) medical students on Wednesday, September 3, took to the street to agitate over the delayed examination results and missing marks which they allege has affected their study.
In a protest which began peacefully, with a large group gathering and chanting near the university’s main campus along University Way, turned chaotic after the police were forced to use tear gas to disperse them.
According to reports, some students responded by throwing stones at the police, which led to a tense
The students claim that their grades are being withheld and that some of their marks are missing. This, they say, has prevented them from continuing with their studies.
“We are here today to demonstrate peacefully, but we have been brought rioting officers. We are here because we sat for our exams in April, and up to now, in September, we have not had results.
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Graduation is in two weeks, and we do not have results. We cannot apply or stay in these rooms because we do not have results,” Emmanuel Keboi Oribo, Chairperson of the University of Nairobi Students Association (UNSA) Faculty of Health Sciences, said during the protests.
Keboi added that they will continue the strike until the school provides them with their results. They have also promised to paralyze all university activities until everyone has received their results.
The students’ plights remain unattended as the authorities remain mum on the matter and the strike incident.
By Juma Ndigo
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