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Transport services along the Kisumu Busia highway were paralyzed for the better part of Tuesday, as students from Maseno University barricaded the road protesting the killing of one of their own by police on Monday. The students accused the police of using excessive force, refuting claims of engaging in looting as earlier claimed by police.
Maseno University students protest colleague’s death
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