In Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa CS Matiang’i ordered police to block demonstrators from accessing the Central Business District (CBD). In a twist of fate, demonstrators rose early and occupied the CBD and have blocked police from accessing it. “An invasion of armies can be defeated, but not an idea whose time has come”.

Former Youth Fund CEO Catherine Namuye was on Wednesday evening found dead in her apartment in Kileleshwa, Nairobi. Sources told the Star that the deceased was fired by the board on Friday 29, 2017. Police have launched investigations into the incident. Before her dismissal she was suspended from the board pending investigations into the loss […]

HAPPENING NOW: Students of University of Nairobi refuse to leave premises. They have camped outside Mbithi’s office demanding their school fees. The students have also confirmed that indeed one of the comrades passed on after sustaining serious injuries following police brutality. The Students leaders confirmed the death colleague as ADD student one Tom Wanjui. The […]

University of Nairobi has been closed indefinitely and students ordered to vacate halls of residence by Tuesday 9am. The university Senate resolved to close the institution due to security concerns, the Director of Corporate Affairs John Orindi said. “We will announce when the institution will re-open,” said Mr Orindi. The development comes in the wake […]

THE University of Nairobi are currently holding a Kamkunji that will most likely explode to a serious mass action hours before the scheduled comrades protests on Tuesday morning(rehearsals or a pre-demonstrations preparation). They are demanding immediate resignation of VC Prof Mbithi for allegedly calling police to campus who later brutalized innocent students. Other issues include […]