{"id":108775,"date":"2025-01-27T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/ku-students-block-thika-road-over-week-long-blackout-in-hostels\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T13:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:03:49","slug":"ku-students-block-thika-road-over-week-long-blackout-in-hostels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ku-students-block-thika-road-over-week-long-blackout-in-hostels\/","title":{"rendered":"KU students block Thika Road over week-long blackout in hostels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 27 \u2013 Kenyatta University students on Monday staged a protest, blocking a section of the Thika Superhighway over a week-long blackout in their hostels.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration caused a major traffic gridlock, with the most affected stretch being near the Unicity Mall, where students barricaded both sides of the busy highway.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been advised to seek alternative routes as authorities work to restore normalcy and address the students\u2019 grievances.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 27 \u2013 Kenyatta University students on Monday staged a protest, blocking a section of the Thika Superhighway over a week-long blackout in their hostels. The demonstration caused a major traffic gridlock, with the most affected stretch being near the Unicity Mall, where students barricaded both sides of the busy highway. Motorists have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}