‘Not so good,’ Maseno University student nursing gunshot wound after Monday protests.

A 22-year-old Maseno university student is undergoing gunshot wound treatment at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) following yesterday’s skirmishes.

Alex Ochieng, who is the JOOTH administrator says the student was referred to the facility after being shot in the elbow by police.

Ochieng says the patient will be taken to theatre this afternoon for a surgical procedure to establish whether the bullet was lodged in his body.The administrator adds that five other patients who suffered deep cut wounds as result of yesterday’s demonstrations, were treated and discharged.

Additionally on the same Monday, another student from Maseno University was pronounced dead after being shot by police amid anti-government protests.

However, the third-year student was shot in the neck and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Coptic hospital where he had been rushed.

The police say they fired live bullets after the students overpowered them after running out of teargas canisters, and invading a nearby supermarket.

Article By Suzy Nyongesa.