SUSPECTED THIEF CAUGHT IN HOSTEL B

By Mohammed Doyo

A suspected thief escaped death yesterday night after hundreds of students attacked him. According to the university security office, the suspect a 23 yr old non-student was caught in hostel B while trying to open one of the rooms. The room occupant is said to have ambushed him in the act prompting him to alert other students.

Students responded by beating him ruthlessly for more than an hour when the security officers came to his rescue. The suspect sustained serious injuries. He was rushed to the dispensary for treatment.


Speaking to The 3rd Eye at the security office this afternoon, the suspect said he had accompanied a female student from Eldoret town only for her to abandon him upon reaching Main Campus. He says the situation he was in forced him to search for a place to spend the night thus ending up in Hostel B where he says students mistook him for a thief.

“I am not a thief. I am just a visitor who was looking for a place to spend the night” he says

However, a senior security officer has dismissed his claims saying they are untrue
“He is hiding information from us. How comes he only identified Hostel B as the suitable place to spend the night and not other hostels especially ones at stage?” He asked.

At the time of going to press, the suspect was undergoing interrogation at the security office waiting to be handed to the Kesses police station.

This is the latest of such a case. Barely a month ago, another non student was arrested while attempting to break into a room in the female hostel but was rescued by the security officers from angry students who wanted to lynch him.