Why it is risky to be around varsity during power outage

Saturday 26th October, 2013 on The Standard

Nairobi, Kenya: Most Nairobi motorists dread being caught anywhere near University of Nairobi, main campus at night during a power blackout. Whenever there is power outage, the students vent their anger and frustrations on motorists, most of who are even unaware of what is happening. “It is our SOS way of telling Kenya Power and Lighting Company that we literally live on electricity.

It only takes a slight power outage for students to realise that electricity is everything to them,” says a student. It is this frustration that pushes students to the highways,” says Maureen Wafula, a student.

According to Thomas Njoroge, a third-year Psychology student, the arsonists lack pragmatic reasoning and due to pride, they want recognition, but as a group. “I don’t regret my reasoning, because some of them are Engineering students who understand best mechanical hitches that cause blackouts.

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