Chaos As Police Counter UoN Students, Protests Over The New Funding Model Rock Nairobi

Chaos As Police Counter UoN Students, Protests Over The New Funding Model Rock Nairobi

Chaos As Police Counter UoN Students, Protests Over The New Funding Model Rock Nairobi: Students of the University of Nairobi (UoN) began their strike on Monday to protest against the new university funding model.

While carrying placards and chanting protest songs, the students were blocked at Serena Hotel by the police who wanted to ascertain whether their demonstration was legal.

The students lamented that those who are yet to join UoN have not yet received their funding despite the Ministry of Education issuing orders to have all students admitted.

They cited the new funding model has resulted in increased cost of university education, which will lock out many students joining university.

UoN student leaders on Saturday, August 31, urged fellow students in other universities in the country to join them on a planned strike to agitate for scrapping of the university funding model.

The public at large is crying because they have been placed in the wrong bands and subjected to pay excessive amounts of fees,” one of the student leaders stated.

“It is high time that the government listened to urge all students from all universities and mainly from UoN to come out on September 2.”

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