TUM students demonstrate over alleged fee increment
Students of the Technical University of Mombasa on Monday morning went on the rampage in protest against alleged fee increment.
During the mid-morning chaos, fire broke out at the Students Centre where several businesses, including a fast-food restaurant, are housed.
Property of unknown value was burnt down.
The Mombasa fire brigades were called in to put out the inferno.
Several students who spoke to the Star said they were demonstrating against fee increment of up to Sh6,500 in the department of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
“We were demonstrating against the extra fees being charged. We found that some of us had been charged Sh6,000 extra, others Sh3,000 and other Sh6,500,” one of the students said.
They denied any involvement in the burning down of the Student Centre.
“We were very peaceful until the police were called in to disperse the students. The fire that broke out has to be investigated, I do not believe that comrades can burn down an institution,” another student said.
TUM vice chancellor Prof Laila Abubakar and the student leadership were said to be held up in a meeting to discuss the Monday chaos.
Laila confirmed to the Star on phone that she was in a meeting. BY THE STAR
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