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    "content": "issues. If he does not have any objection, I will go straight to the reply in order to save on time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government is aware of the death of Mr. Joshua Mungai, a First Year student in Maseno University which occurred on 12th October, 2015, at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu. The circumstances leading to the unfortunate and fatal death of the student are that on 12th October, 2015, at around 5.30 p.m., a group of university students aligned to one of the candidates vying for Students’ Organisation of Maseno University Chairmanship blocked the main Kisumu-Busia Highway before harassing and robbing motorists and other road users. The students were protesting against the launching of election campaign by other contesters while their preferred candidate had not been cleared to contest by the university authority, most likely for failing to meet the qualifications. Consequently, police officers from Maseno Police Station immediately moved to restore law and order. However, the students started throwing stones and other crude weapons at the police officers, prompting the officers to fire teargas canisters to disperse them. A stampede ensued resulting to injuries to 10 students who were treated at the University Dispensary. Later, four of them, including the deceased, were referred to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. However, the deceased died while undergoing treatment. The other three students were admitted and discharged the next day, 13th October, 2015. Mr. Speaker, Sir, investigations were commenced immediately and an Inquest File No.6/2015 opened. A postmortem was conducted on 13th October, 2015, which revealed that the cause of death was due to severe head injury, secondary to blunt force trauma. I wish to table the copy of the postmortem result investigations to establish the cause of death. If any person was culpable, there are ongoing investigations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, compensation to the family can only be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction only after investigations are completed. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has taken the following measures to enhance security in learning institutions in the country: (1) Deployment of security officers to some of the learning institutions upon request by the administration. (2) Frequent meetings between stakeholders in the education sector and local leaders to discuss the modality of addressing any concerns in the learning institutions. (3) Enhanced police patrols. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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