Students leave for home after the university's closure. [Photo: capitalfm.co.ke]Security analysts have continued to condemn the way police responded to a demo by the University of Nairobi students last week that culminated in the closure of the institution on Tuesday.Security analyst and Director, African Centre for Security and Strategic Studies Captain Simiyu Werunga says there is a major difference between an institution trained to deal with certain situations and a mob of students."You cannot defend the indefensible. As a nation, we must condemn what we saw at UoN. Sometimes I sit here and defend them (police) but when they do wrong things it's incumbent on us to say it's not right. When the Inspector-General Joseph Boinet came here for an interview, he said nothing leaving many parents frustrated," Werunga told NTV breakfast show on Wednesday.He added that it was inexcusable and disgusting to see how the students were being beaten saying there is no way one can justify that kind of response from the police.Africa International University (AIU) Chaplain and Lecturer Dr Oliver Kisaka said that students are people who need to be talked to regularly through a structured communication model."When you have helpless 18-22-year-olds on the ground being stepped with boots and are being clobbered like snakes, it is sad. Irrespective of the authenticity of those clips those are Kenyans being beaten and it is not good. This country has a long way to go in policing," said Kisaka.He castigated Boinnet's recent interview on NTV saying he did not come out as honest or in charge of the situation as it would have been expected.

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