Management Closes Dedan Kimathi University After Protests

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri has been closed indefinitely after students staged violent demonstrations over fee increment.

The institution’s vice-chancellor, Ndirangu Kioni, stated in a memo to all students that the University senate had suspended all in-person lectures following disruption of learning.

The University vice-chancellor directed all students to vacate the main campus immediately and not later than July 15, 2021.

Earlier, there was heavy police presence at the university’s main campus as students barricaded the Nyeri – Mweiga highway, bringing traffic to a standstill.

The move comes a day after police in Nairobi arrested three student leaders from the University of Nairobi (UoN) after they took part in protests against the recent fee increment.

The students demonstrated in two groups, one at the Kenyatta National Hospital and another along Uhuru Highway near the main campus.