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Sh234m students’ fine puts Egerton VC on the spot, again

Egerton University students are arrested during a protest at the institution’s main campus in Njoro, Nakuru County. (Kipsang Joseph, Standard)

Two burnt lawn-mowers, two stoned staff motor vehicles, broken window panes, vandalised electrical appliances and damaged asbestos roof at Egerton University are the reasons why more than 13,900 students were surcharged a fine of Sh16,862 each.

Although the university claims that the damages caused by students during a demonstration were massive to cost the 13,953 students an arm and a leg, the students have protested and want the institution to come clean on how they reached the figure.

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