The University of Nairobi (UoN) has suspended 62 students for being involved in rioting and destruction of property during a recent students’ unrest.
Among those who have been sent home is Mr Mike Jacobs, who led a group of students in protesting against the re-election of Mr Paul Ongili, also known as Babu Owino, as the Student Organisation of Nairobi University (Sonu) chairman.
The winner
Mike Jacobs lost to Mr Owino, attaining 3,000 votes against the winner’s 18,000 claimed the elections were rigged in favour of the winner with the help of the administration.
Vice-Chancellor Peter Mbithi said the institution initiated disciplinary process against the students “for participating in student unrest and destruction of public property”.
A notice
“They are therefore required to collect their suspension letters from the Registrar, Students’ Affairs, latest by Friday, April 15, 2016,” said Prof Mbithi, in a notice to students posted on the university’s website on Tuesday.
He, however, did not indicate how long the suspension would last.
