Students from the Kenya Polytechnic university college yesterday took to the streets of Nairobi protesting against the handling of student’s union elections by the management.
They engaged police in a standoff as they barricaded the stretch of Haile Selaisie Avenue from Moi Avenue to Uhuru highway. This caused a major traffic snarl up in the city centre as motorists were forced to use alternative routes.
The students pulled down the institution’s main gate and destroyed a door of a car used by one of the administrators. They also stoned motorists and on lookers outsider the Times Tower building and on the City square flyover.
The students accused the management of interfering with students elections by blocking some of them from contesting. They also complained of poor learning facilities and an accommodation shortage in the institution.
The unrest was triggered by a nomination list released early yesterday a head of the elections that were scheduled for Tuesday next week.
They demanded for a repeat of the nomination process and the resignation of the dean of students, whose office was conducting the elections process.
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