Tanzania: KIU Suspends 19 'Ring Leaders' in Campus Strike

IN what looks like an act of revenge, Kampala International University (KIU) administration has suspended 19 students apparently for being at the forefront in demanding fair and equal treatment to students and lecturers,at the Gongo la Mboto campus in Dar es Salaam.

Last month, KIU sacked 32 lecturers for the same reason, in defiance of a Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) directive, requiring the higher institution of learning to iron out the on-going misunderstandings amicably.

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