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Let universities hire professional people like IEBC and security personnel to conduct credible elections

There has been sporadic occurrence of violence in universities either before student’s elections or after the elections. This has resulted in burning of buildings like in Maseno University and Machakos University or loss of properties and injuries. The culture of throwing stones and overturning cars is long goneby.

Being a student in a university, I encountered a culture shock. Students were moving and making friends along tribal lines, unlike in secondary schools. So during elections they elect fellow students along tribal lines. So if in Kenya we practice tribalism, it eminent from higher institutions. So during elections, if their preferred candidates are not elected they vent their anger by torching buildings and innocent people especially motorists.

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