Varsity students stone motorists over blackout
University of Nairobi students in a stand off with police during past rioting. The students vented their anger on motorists after lights went off on their halls of residence October 5, 2011. FILE
University of Nairobi students on Wednesday evening vented their anger on motorists after lights went off on their halls of residence.
In what they termed as “disturbance to our studies”, the students numbering about 50 claimed they were revising for end-of-semester exams when a blackout occurred in their lower State House hostels.
They poured into the streets hurling stones at motorists. Traffic was disrupted on Nairobi’s State House and Mamlaka Roads as motorists tried to avoid the missiles.
“This is very bad. We want the light back as fast as possible because we have a lot of reading to do,” shouted one of them as he hurled a stone in the general direction of the late evening traffic.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the blackout but lights were restored after about an hour of darkness.
The latest incident is the fourth time that the UoN students have taken to the streets this year. Previously, they rioted over mysterious killings of their colleagues.
