MMU: University Students Stage Protest Over Colleagues’ Deaths, Block Highway
Students from the Multimedia University protested and blocked Magadi Road towards Rongai, causing traffic to stop.
Press Statement on the peaceful demonstration by our students along Magadi Road, pic.twitter.com/WsN3qwwNB6
— Multimedia University of Kenya (@multimedia_uni) March 10, 2025
The protests were caused by the death of one of their colleagues who was killed in a road accident along the road.
The students barricaded the roads and engaged police officers in running battles following the protests that began on Monday morning.
Multimedia University students, protesting killing of one of their own, paralyse transport along Magadi road pic.twitter.com/knkNQtLHBe
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) March 10, 2025
Situation at Rongai MultiMedia University. Hii ni nchi ya maandamano sasa. pic.twitter.com/kfebiWPW7q
— aregisii (@BarNone299) March 10, 2025
One of the students from the institution, Lameck Wambui Mwangi, was found dead on March 9 in what authorities report might have been a hit-and-run accident along Magadi Road.
Mwangi was a second-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology at the time of his demise.
His death was confirmed by Multimedia University Dean of Students David Obonyo in a memo distributed to students.
“We regret to announce the untimely demise of the late LAMECK MWANGI WAMBUI SST-261-115/2023 which occurred on Sunday 9th March 2025 after a fatal road accident,” Obonyo confirmed.
“The late Lameck was a second-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology.”
“He hailed from Mwea West District, Kirinyaga County. His interment shall be announced at a later date,” he added.
The protests follow a similar occurrence in which students demonstrated on September 17, 2024, accusing the university administration of failing to respond to their request to restore water within their hostels.
Multimedia University students blocked Magadi Road towards Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County on Monday in protests over the death of their colleague, Lameck Wambui Mwangi.
— Cyprian, Is Nyakundi (@C_NyaKundiH) March 10, 2025
Mwangi, a second-year student in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, was found dead on March 9 in… pic.twitter.com/Wu1m80ovPZ
Additionally, the students protested the Higher Education Loans Board’s (HELB) delayed release of their loans.
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During the demonstrations, the National Police Service came under fire after officers assigned to control the protesters were accused of employing excessive force against the students.
In one videotaped incident, police officers wearing anti-riot gear were seen surrounding a student and attacking him with batons and punches.
Civil and police watchdog bodies, including the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), condemned the incident and indicated that investigations will be launched into it.
However, no report on the investigation’s outcome has been provided.
MMU: University Students Stage Protest Over Colleagues’ Deaths, Block Highway
