Students worried about insecurity on campus

Nairobi, Kenya: Achieving a university education is fast becoming a gamble between death and degrees as Kenyan public universities suffer a wave of insecurity. After a series of documented incidents, the state of insecurity within and about public universities has raised concern, especially among students. The trend has increased so much that the students are literally living in fear.

Early in the year, Newton Majani of Kenyatta University’s (KU) School of Economics was stoned to death on his way from watching a football match at a club in Kahawa — about two kilometres away from the main campus. The Second Year student was a resident of Davani Apartments in Kahawa Wendani, which, according to other students, have become a den for criminals waiting to pounce on gullible students.