Egerton University is the latest university in the country whose normal operations have been brought to a standstill by riots and demonstrations by its students. 

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In a video clip shared on Twitter by Lincoln Njogu on Wednesday, the students at the Nakuru based institution engaged police in running battles within the institution a clear indication that learning had been disrupted.

Earlier on, Egerton University Students Association (EASU) through a memo dated Tuesday 3rd December had asked the students to assemble on Wednesday for a meeting.

According to the students' council, efforts to engage the University's administration in raising their concerns had proved futile and that is what had led to the demonstrations.

 "Following a series of unsuccessful meetings, negotiations and pleadings for ; 1 Reopening of the portal, 2.Deferment of exam cards system, 3 Mandatory deferment of students on the basis of none finance registration," reads part of the memo by EASU.

Eagerton joins the long list of the university's which have witnessed students' unrest over the past few months. 

Last Sunday, Maseno University was closed indefinitely and students ordered to vacate the university at odd hours after they took to the streets citing increased insecurity within the university.

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology was also hit by the same menace and has just resumed its operations. 

Pwani University, Kenyatta University and Moi University in Eldoret are other top universities which have witnessed students' unrest over the past few months within this semester.