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Student Killed in Nairobi, Kenya riot yesterday
by Re-post Saturday April 26, 2003 at 01:11 PM

Mr Kenneth Mugambi Njiru's colleagues claimed he had been shot by police.... student representatives... said they were demonstrating peacefully until the riot police arrived....

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Sunday, April 27, 2003
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University student dies in demo over allowances


By MUNIU RIUNGE
and MBURU MWANGI

A Third Year University of Nairobi student was killed on Friday as police tried to quell a student riot.

Three others were admitted to various hospitals in the city. Ten policemen were also injured in the melee.

The Central Division police chief, Mr Japheth Koome, said the student was found lying near Anniversary Towers on University Way, at about 6 pm. He had a wound in his chest and police took him to the Kenyatta National Hospital, where he died.

Mr Koome said only a post-mortem examination could determine the real cause of death. But Mr Kenneth Mugambi Njiru's colleagues claimed he had been shot by police.

Several other people, including two foreigners and a university driver, Mr David Nyoike, were seriously injured by stones hurled by the students, and others were robbed. An intern at the KTN televion station, Mr Clifford Eric Otieno, bled profusely from a head wound inflicted by a stone.

One of the foreigners was beaten unconscious and was later taken to the MP Shah Hospital. He suffered a cut on his face and also lost a tooth.

Mr Koome accused the students of stealing batteries, sodas and engine oil from a petrol station near Anniversary Towers. He claimed that others threw petrol bombs and broken bottles at police and motorists.

Yesterday, student representatives maintained that all they want is an increase in their loans.

They said they were demonstrating peacefully until the riot police arrived.

The chaos caused a major traffic snarl-up and confusion in the city centre and its environs until 9.30 pm on Friday.

The students were protesting against a decision by their Vice-Chancellor, Prof Crispus Kiamba, to suspend nursing undergraduate students.


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