POLICE SHOOT AND KILL A UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN THIKA

It was just recently when police in Thika shot live bullets at demonstrators who were contesting the closure of their market.Here they killed one and injured many.

In less than two months later, they are at it again this time with Mount Kenya University students.In what began as a peaceful demonstration by the students after one of them was killed in the neighborhood of the university by robbers on Thursday night,the students started a peaceful demonstration (which is allowed by the constitution).The demonstration went on peacefully until the police who arrived moments later began rioting.In what is natural, comrades who are always peace loving had to calm down the police who brutally fought back and used live bullets at comrades resultiing in the unfortunate death of one MKU thika student.

An injured student

This leads us to the debate of when police should use live bullets at demonstrators.We sought to get this clear from a security analyst and they were clear that police should not use live bullets on citizens who are picketing.The CS interior mr Nkaiserry and the acting IG Simba arati must respond to this and ensure no more life is lost.

For know we hope the government acts and restores peace in Thika.