Multimedia University students on Tuesday, February 6, paralysed operations along the Magadi road which links Ongata Rongai to Nairobi after a student was attacked and critically injured by a hyena.
In their numbers, the protesting students barricaded the busy highway and lit bonfires rendering it impassable.
The enraged students accused the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) of a reluctance to curb the hyena menace and vowed not to back down until the matter was resolved.
On Monday, February 5, two people including a 21-year-old Multimedia University student were attacked by stray hyenas at around 8 pm.
Following the unfortunate attack, the student was rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
The students while venting their fury over the tragic incident stated it was not the first time that someone had been attacked by stray hyenas. They now want the wild animals contained.
In a similar scenario in December last year, a section of angry residents of Nyacaba village in Juja Sub-County, blocked a section of Thika Road after a middle-aged woman was mauled to death by hyenas.
Police who arrived at the scene had a difficult time collecting the body of the deceased as the residents demanded that they first hunt down the hyenas.
While detailing the tragic incident, the locals claimed the woman was on her way to work when she was attacked at around 5 am in Witeithie.
In January this year, KWS officers issued a safety precautionary measure for dealing with hyenas. Taking to their X account, the wildlife service noted hyenas were beneficial as they helped clean the ecosystem by getting rid of bones and discarded debris.
"Keep yourself calm when talking to it. Don't move away until the hyena does and when you do continue to face its direction," KWS noted.
"Make a loud noise, be aggressive and frightening as if you are going to attack."
