Kenyatta University students on Monday staged a protest, blocking a section of the Thika Superhighway over a week-long blackout in their hostels.
The demonstration caused a major traffic gridlock, with the most affected stretch being near the Unicity Mall, where students barricaded both sides of the busy highway.
Motorists have been advised to seek alternative routes as authorities work to restore normalcy and address the students’ grievances.
Glen Karani, the President of the KU Students Association said no action had been taken despite them issuing an ultimatum to the relevant authorities regarding the restoration of electricity.
“We are here in this place because of the electricity issues. We have stayed in KM place, where most of our comrades reside, for one week without electricity. We are telling the relevant stakeholders to restore the power within the next 30 minutes. Failure to do so will result in us taking action. We will close Thika Road,” Karani told the press.
Karani observed that despite contacting the appropriate authorities, there has been no progress in restoring power to the university.
“We reached out to the regional manager. We wrote a letter requesting that power be restored. Up to now, they have not restored power. What they are doing is taking our transformer to another location, which we are not going to allow,” he stated.
