- Title: KENYA: STUDENTS STAGE "SIT DOWN STRIKE" AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN NAIROBI.
- Date: 25th January 1969
- Summary: 1. GV EXT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BUILDING 0.05 2. SV ENTRANCE. 0.08 3. SV GROUP OF STUDENTS STAND TALKING (2 SHOTS) 0.19 4. CV PAN STUDENTS. 0.38 5. SV STUDENTS SITTING ON GRASS PLAYING 'MONOPOLY'. 0.4??? 6. SV GROUP OF GIRL STUDENTS. 0.50 7. SV GROUP OF GIRL STUDENTS SITTING ON GRASS. 0.54 8. SV STUDENTS CHATTING 1.07 9. SV GROUP OF ASIAN STUDENTS. 1.20 10. SV GIRL STUDENTS. 1.28 11. GV STUDENTS SITTING OUTSIDE. 1.33 Initials RM/V/AS/LAD Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 9th February 1969 13:00
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- Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Reuters ID: LVA46ITZARVUVWCKJ90KR13EXR52
- Story Text: A NUMBER OF STUDENTS STAGED A NOISY BUT ORDERLY "SIT-DOWN STRIKE" AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN NAIROBI, KENYA, YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) TO PROTEST AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES' REFUSAL TO ALLOW MR. OGINGA ODINGA, THE OPPOSITION LEADER, TO ADDRESS STUDENTS THAT NIGHT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME PERMISSION FOR MR. ODINGA TO MAKE A SPEECH AT THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REFUSED.
A COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR SAID ALL FORMALITIES HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH FOR MR. ODINGA'S APPEARANCE, BUT IN SPITE OF THAT THE AUTHORITIES REFUSED TO GIVE PERMISSION FOR HIM TO SPEAK THERE. THE STUDENTS PLAN TO PETITION THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION NEXT TUESDAY. THEY SAY THAT UNTIL THEY ARE GRANTED AN INTERVIEW BY THE MINISTER THEY WILL REFUSE TO ENTER THEIR CLASSROOMS, OR CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN ANY WAY WHATEVER.
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