The students at the institution rioted following the death of one of their student after he was run over road by an over speeding vehicle.
The student was a first year at the University.
During the protest, another student was supposedly shot dead as they blocked the road.
The incidence that saw Nyahururu police officers engage the students in running battles resulted to many sustaining injuries. One student was taken to Hospital with major wounds.
During the confrontation, a senior police officer who was at the scene was injured. The students burned the vehicle that had hit the student.
Reports from the University pointed out that the student was knocked down by a vehicle that belonged to a police officer as he crossed the road.
The Vice chancellor said that the students then took it to the roads affecting transport within Nyahururu and that is when police officers responded resulting to the death of another student.
Police officers used tear gas to disperse the annoyed students and it is at that point, one of the rioting students was shot dead. The vice chancellor indicated that they had not yet received an official report from the police concerning the incident.
Over 50 officers were deployed to the area to control the situation. The area OCPD denied reports that the second student was shot dead. He said the student died while undergoing treatment at Hospital due to injuries.
Investigations are underway to determine what resulted to his death, but the OCPD maintains that he was hit by an object and not a bullet. He requested a postmortem to be done to confirm the object that hit him.
Mr Benjamin blamed students for attacking motorists as they rioted and the move to block the road. He said that is the reason he had send his officers to cool down the riots.
“Students will be informed on the matter as soon as we are done deliberating on this issue” he said.
