Ex Garissa students snub classes due to lost belongings

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More than 500 former Garissa University students got the opportunity to move to Moi University and they have since refused to begin classes claiming to be given back their belongings from their former school.

They were later allowed to access their belongings and further complains were, that most of their valuables were missing. Many complained they could not get their cash, and electronics.

The truckloads of suitcases and other personal effects collected from the Garissa institution, which was shut down after last month’s terrorist attack, arrived at Moi University’s main campus in Kesses on May 11. Moi University Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of student affairs, Prof Nathan Ogechi, said classes and the scheduled counselling sessions could not go on as the students wanted to identify and secure their belongings first.