Kenyans on Twitter have used the platform to express their outrage following a series of murders at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
A first-year student of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Jkuat) was on Thursday night stabbed to death while resisting robbers.
Youthful Tabitha Muthoni was walking near Segal Hotel at 8pm together with a friend when they were confronted by thugs who forced them to surrender their mobile phones.
Tabitha is reported to have put up a resistance while her friend complied. A confrontation ensued and Tabitha was stabbed on the neck sustaining serious injuries, before the thugs fled.
She was rushed to Jkuat hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
JKUAT student leaders (JKUSA) have already written to Juja OCPD Simon Thirikwa expressing concerns over the recent death.
In the letter dated February 7, JKUSA notified him about a peaceful demonstration on Friday at 9 am.
#stopkillingJkuatStudents Everything has a reason behind it. Why are ladies getting killed much? Sponsors?
— Doctor Okto (@doctor_okto) February 8, 2019
A similar incident occurred in May, 2018. In the latter case, a student from the same institution was stabbed to death when he alighted in Juja from a meet-up with friends while heading to his house located near the institution.
Comrades power is second to God's power. We shall not relent untill justice is served!!!! We are tired .The police are just village salads doing nothing.#stopkillingJkuatStudents pic.twitter.com/0lqS3Z5iP5
— Brandon (@BrandonBosire) February 8, 2019
“This is the saddest thing ever when your parents are waiting for you to graduate, get a job & help them! But what is brought to them is your lifeless Body. May her soul RIP,” Moseax tweeted
https://twitter.com/KaSiPesaAuBizz_/status/1093742843250860034
In his tweet, Felixnderie said “Students at JKUAT must unite like UoN used to do during the reign of Babu Owino and fight these heinous acts by the police. Rallying their anger through social media is cowardly and not as effective as demonstrations,”.
https://twitter.com/Moseax/status/1093714495212584960
“Please, stop killing University students, Our mothers and fathers in the village are waiting for a degree, please don’t take a corpse to them. It pains to hear how a dream of a young lady was ended last night,” Cymon said.
“These are innocent lives. One lady was stabbed to death yesterday. This is one too many. When will this ever stop? what if am next? Lucy Kamunya said.
Police officers attached to Juja police station found parts of her body, including her limbs and intestines, stuffed in a bucket and hidden above the ceiling of a house in Kahawa Sukari
