Maseno University student shot dead as irate demonstrators faceoff with police

A student from Maseno University in Kisumu County was shot and killed during anti-government demonstrations led by Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition on Monday.

Third-year student William Mayange, was shot in the neck after demonstrators allegedly raided Maseno Police Line as the protests heated up in Maseno.

Mayange was pronounced dead on arrival at Coptic Hospital following the tragic end to the running battles that ensued between the university students and anti-riot police officers.

According to police, up to six uniformed men sustained serious injuries during the fracas that ensues in Maseno as a section of students joined the anti-government protests.

Police have justified their use of live bullets saying it was in reaction to an invasion of the Maseno Police Lines by the rioting students and it was meant to disperse them.

The in running battles between the students and police saw all business premises in the town closed and normal traffic flow on the busy Kisumu-Busia highway adversely affected.