ACACIA’S HOSTEL B FIRE

By Elizabeth Asasha

One of the hostels at Acacia, Moi University - Annex, almost went up in flames this afternoon when its main switch went up in flames minutes after students had arrived from lectures. This comes barely a day after another switch located in the corridor of the same hostel went ablaze.

The incident at Hostel B of Acacia sparked commotion by students following a housekeeper’s remarks that the law students were very organized and that the students currently residing there would have to operate without lights until next weekend, when the problem would be rectified.


The learners expressed their displeasure about the remarks which they found undermining. “Instead of fixing the problem, they are throwing blame and threats at us. We are also communication practitioners and deserve to be accorded equal respect as other students,” bellowed one of the enraged students.

The root cause of the fire remains unknown. Nevertheless, it has since been extinguished and power restored.