A student has died and more than 100
were hurt in a stampede which followed the explosion of an electricity
transformer at a Kenyan university.
Residents of Nairobi
university's Kikuyu campus mistook the blast for a terrorist attack and
jumped out of hostel windows early on Sunday morning.
Tensions are high among students after an Islamist attack on a Kenyan college 10 days ago which left 148 dead.
Meanwhile activists criticised Kenya for ordering Somali refugees home.
Human
Rights Watch Africa Deputy Director Leslie Lefkow said justice for the
victims of the attack in Garissa - by members of the Somali militant
group al-Shabab - would not be served by forcing more than 500,000
Somalis in the Dadaab refugee camp to leave Kenya.
"Instead of
scapegoating refugees, Kenya is legally obliged to protect them until it
is safe for them to return home and should identify and prosecute those
responsible for the killings in Garissa," she said.
UNHCR Kenya chief Emmanuel Nyabera described the possible relocation as a "logistic challenge".
The
remarks follow calls on Saturday by Kenya's Deputy President William
Ruto to close Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in Africa.
Mr Ruto
said UNHCR had three months to close Dadaab and make alternative
arrangements for its residents - otherwise, Kenya would "relocate them
ourselves", he said.
Dadaab was set up in 1991 to house families
fleeing conflict in Somalia. Some people have been living at the site
for more than 20 years.
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