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Policemen arrest students of Egerton University's Njoro Campus yesterday. Inset: The university's Vice Chancellor Rose Mwonya. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]
Rioting Egerton University students were left sharply divided yesterday over payment of a Sh16,862 fine imposed by the institution following riots last year.
The students, who engaged police in two days of running battles at the Njoro Campus, attempted to storm the institution after the management recalled first and fourth-year students to sit their end-of-semester examinations.
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