Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has been closed until further notice due to student protests.
The Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of academic affairs Professor Robert Kinyua issued a memo on Monday saying that the University Senate held a meeting and came to an agreement to shut down the institution.
All the students were supposed to clear from the institution with immediate effect.
The students took to the streets in protest against security concerns around the institution. They engaged police officers from the Juja Police Station in running battles. They accused the police for not doing enough to protect them and also accused bodaboda operators for colliding with criminals to rob JKUAT students.
A memo released by Jomo Kenyatta University Sudents’ Association (JKUSA) last Saturday showed that two JKUAT students had been stabbed in the last two weeks and others have been attacked and their belongings stolen within the same period.
JKUSA claimed that they have tried to engage security stakeholders in the University but their engagements have hit a wall.
‘’As JKUSA leadership, we wish to state that we have exhausted all avenues of dialogue and boardroom meetings yet we still have insecurity cases.’’ Read the Memo.
‘’As per our JKUSA constitution, our leaders role is to protect the individual and collective rights of JKUAT students. We shall not sit and wait for any of us to die.’’ Stated part of the Memo.
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