Ethnicity rife at KU, says report

Investigations into student strikes at Kenyatta University early this year now reveal a trend of tribal differences and political divisions that threaten to tear down the institution.

Kenyatta University was rocked with two incidents of student unrest all in a span of one month leading to damages estimated at Sh127 million.

The strikes occurring on March 18 and 29 left one student dead, several others injured and many students and staff suspended and expelled.
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Parliament moved in to investigate the incidents after members found a statement issued by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology unsatisfactory.

The matter was referred to the parliamentary committee on education, research and technology on August 5.

Its findings, now awaiting debate in Parliament, report a deep entrenchment of what it describes as negative ethnicity and a politicized student fraternity both threatening to shake the institution’s stability. The MPs also report poor management at the institution.