Following five Embu college girls’ rape by gangsters a week ago various local universities and college students’ leaders protested alleged security lapse and police mistreatment. The students’ leaders from among others Embu College, University of Embu, Kenyatta and Chuka university campuses and Walton college of Hospitality said the rape of the five Embu College Students was a culmination of security deterioration for students in Embu County. The students led by University of Embu Students’ chairman Duncan Othuon, secretary General Pigbin Odimwengu, Walton College leader Dorothy Wanja lamented that university and college students have been for some times under threat from ruthless criminals. The students condemned raping of their colleagues from Embu College at their hostel which is about 100 kilometers from the college and the Administration Police quarters in Embu Town on the night of February 1 this year. The five students were raped by about ten armed gangsters when they invaded an Embu College female students’ hostel, on at night and stole their personal items.

Source: The Star February 07, 2018 20:26 UTC