The University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor, Peter Mbithi, has ordered postgraduate students in Kisumu and Mombasa to resume their classes immediately.
Through a message posted on his Twitter account, the VC asked distance learning students to also resume their classes.
The following students to resume classes immediately :
All postgraduate students, ODeL students, those in Mombasa and Kisumu Campuses.— ViceChancellor,UoNBI (@vcuonbi) October 5, 2017
All @uonbi Open and Distance Learning students, ODeL, to resume classes immediately.
— ViceChancellor,UoNBI (@vcuonbi) October 5, 2017
All @uonbi postgraduate students, ODeL students, students in Mombasa and Kisumu Campuses to resume classes immediately.
— ViceChancellor,UoNBI (@vcuonbi) October 5, 2017
This comes a few days after the University was closed and all students ordered to leave the various campuses immediately.
The closure followed protests by a section of the students after Prof Mbithi admitted that the institution had invited anti-riot police to the campus on Thursday when students were allegedly assaulted.
After the memo directing the students to go home, many camped at the VC's office demanding for a refund of their school fees.
Students took to social media to complain about the University’s closure, fearing the consequences on their studies.
The move was condemned by members of the Opposition led by Siaya Senator James Orengo.
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Last week, videos emerged of officers believed to be from the GSU whipping, frog matching and hurling students out of their hostels.
The videos were met with uproar by members of public with the police being accused of invading lecture halls and assaulting students and lecturers.
Leaders of the Kenya Universities Student Organisation (KUSO) condemned the "brutality meted out by police" and demanded swift investigations to be conducted.
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