When boots and batons were met with twangs, cards and stethoscopes

Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) CEO prof Micheal Kiptoo (second right) with Tiaty Mp William Kamket (center) with other leaders join Kabarnet KMTC students in a dance during the Launch of Chemolingot KMTC Campus at Chemolingot town in Tiaty,Baringo.[Joseph Kipsang,Standard

A unique set of protesters arrived in the streets this week. They wore white coats, which made it extremely easy for police to spot them. And they had stethoscopes dangling from their necks. They were medical students, they said in crisp-clean English, and they were worried about fees increments at the University of Nairobi, which would militate against the completion of their studies.We understand that it’s usually ‘A’ students who get into Med school; we know it’s usually ‘D’ students who make it to the Kiganjo Police Training College. So, from the onset, this meeting was bound to be an unmitigated disaster, especially if one group begrudges the other for excelling where the other had failed.