Student leaders from universities across the country have moved to court to challenge the University Amendment Act, which proposes radical changes to the election system in universities. According to Fredrick Makajos, the President of Maseno University Students’ Union, the Bill is a serious threat to the democratic rights of comrades. We must show that after the Holy Spirit, comrades power is the only power.”Fred Were Were who is the Kenyatta University Students Association President, was similarly firm. “The retrogressive amendment of the bill was done without the consent or consultation of any student union in the country. We are all opposed to the act, and are resolved to fight it, using both legal and extra legal means,” he told The Nairobian.

Source: Standard Digital January 27, 2017 05:09 UTC