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Over 50 pro-Raila varsity students arrested, taken into custody

UoN student arrested

Anti-riot policemen arrest a student of the University of Nairobi during protests against the detention of an opposition legislator in Nairobi, Kenya, September 28, 2017. 

Photo credit: Courtesy

More than 50 university students were arrested and detained at Central Police Station in Nairobi on Saturday, after holding a press conference to drum up support for the Monday demonstrations called by Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga.

The students were bundled in three vehicles and driven to the station where they were booked and detained, before being freed in the evening.