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Students want highway authority to build footbridge in area considered blackspot

Laikipia University Nakuru Town Campus

Laikipia University Nakuru Town Campus was indefinitely closed on November 23 after students blocked the Nakuru-Nairobi highway to protest the death of a student who was run over by a speeding Matatu at the gate.

The second year student identified as Austin Rotich was hit by a Matatu belonging to the Royal Rift Shuttles and was pronounced dead on arrival at the nearby St Mary’s Mission Hospital in Gilgil where he had been rushed for treatment.

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