Transport has been paralyzed along Magadi Road towards Rongai after students from the Multimedia University protested closing the road after one of their colleagues was killed in unclear circumstances.
The students barricaded the roads and engaged police officers in running battles following the protests that began on Monday morning.
One of the students from the institution, Lameck Wambui Mwangi, was found dead on March 9 in what authorities report might have been a hit-and-run accident along Magadi Road.
Mwangi was a second-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology at the time of his demise. His death was confirmed by the Multimedia University Dean of Students David Obonyo in a memo sent to the students and seen by Kenyans.co.ke. ''We regret to announce the untimely demise of the late LAMECK MWANGI WAMBUI SST-261-115/2023 which occurred on Sunday 9th March 2025 after a fatal road accident.
