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Students foil attempt to set Kenyan campus hostel ablaze

Students of Rongo University College in Migori County take photos of their residence hall which was burnt by suspected arson fire. No one was injured in the Monday 23/03/2015 morning fire that caused damage of unknown value. Photo: Stanley Ongwae/PHOTO  ;   COURTESY

Migori: Students believed to be against the Rongo University College poll results are suspected to have tried to set on fire a residential hall. The students were electing the college's students' council chairman.

The yesterday morning incident caused panic at the institution, which is a constituent college of Moi University.

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