A third-year medical student, Dennis Kamunya from the University of Nairobi, has been found dead in the campus swimming pool under unclear circumstances.
In a statement released by the University of Nairobi Students' Association (UNSA), Governor Joseph Njogu confirmed that the lifeless body was found in the pool on Tuesday, April 22.
The student, whose online posts indicate he may have been suffering from depression, was in his third year of studies at the Nairobi campus. "It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved colleague, a third-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery student.
The student tragically passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, April 22, "part of the statement reads.
