Students at the Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) are currently staging demonstrations against the recently announced fee hike in Lilongwe, Malawi24 can confirm.
The students started the demos at around 6 AM.
They blocked the road that leads to the Kamuzu Central Hospital torching tyres and forcing road users to change routes.
It was at this point that armed police officers dispersed them by throwing teargas canisters until the students all returned to their campus.
Malawi24 understands that no arrests have been made as of now.
The demos come in unison with the recent protests that happened at the Chancellor College in Zomba and the Polytechnic in Blantyre.
The University of Malawi (Unima) announced a fee hike in all its constituent colleges.
The fees see Chancellor College as the cheapest with its mature students paying K900,000. The Polytechnic comes next with a fee of K950,000.
Mature students studying at Kamuzu College of Nursing will be required to pay K1,000,000 while those at the College of Medicine will be asked to pay K1,400,000.
The students want the Council to revise this decision.
However the council has indicated it will not rescind this decision.
(more to come)
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Bora nkhondo yolimbirana nyanja ingoyamba mwachangu zikuonetsa kuti zida zikusowa ntchito.
Bora nkhondo yolimbirana nyanja ingoyamba mwachangu zikuonetsa kuti zida zikusowa ntchito.
Bora nkhondo yolimbirana nyanja ingoyamba mwachangu zikuonetsa kuti zida zikusowa ntchito.
Akufuna kut anthu ambri tisaphunzre pokweza feez yaoyo?
Akufuna akhale yekha “professor “
let’s fight against terrorism, FEES MUST FALL
Eee, asis , Sakala Bettina Marie, Basi ndazisiya, chifukwa chovala cha white kuchapira limodzi ndi cha Black sizimachita bwino nthawi zina. Now it is better I must be quite 4the moment, otherwise I can be in trouble 4 nothing.
Our Nyasa!…
Anamwino nawo anyumwa mmmm
Problems cease after burning something in our nation….just feeling sorry…but I am willing to go to the streets
this are stupt things mot angosisa fees bat they wont people to get angrey OF ALL THE PRESDENT WHO HAVE been in malawi bat fees sinakwelepo chochi koma ziathuzinaz*STUPT#
this are stupt things mot angosisa fees bat they wont people to get angrey OF ALL THE PRESDENT WHO HAVE been in malawi bat fees sinakwelepo chochi koma ziathuzinaz*STUPT#