KENYA – It was an embarrassing scene as the police seized alcohol, marijuana and miraa (khat) from the students. Condoms were strewn all over the underground discotheque.
The arrests come two months after 40 other secondary school students were arrested on a bus in Nyeri, using drugs and engaging in se’x.
Police said among those arrested were university and college students who prey on young girls
Scores of Eldoret residents, mainly parents and relatives, on Monday thronged the divisional police headquarters to secure the release of 550 students.
Police had arrested the students in a swoop on Sunday night in a basement club called Sam’s Discotheque.
Ironically, the underground discotheque is exactly opposite the police headquarters, barely 50 metres away.
Reports indicate that the club was denied a licence because it did not meet safety regulations, among them being dark and being an underground space.
