A man and his wife are currently nursing injuries at Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital after they were attacked and fought off a lion on Tuesday evening .

The two identified as Michael Apayu and his wife Susan Chebet were heading home from fetching fire wood in the forest when the stray Lion jumped out from no where attacked the wife.

According to Apayu, his wife hit the lion on its head with a panga and in defence, the lion sunk its teeth in her leg.

As he was trying to rescue his wife from the agitated beast attacked him biting his leg back and shoulder.

The incident comes at the back of Students from Multimedia University who held demonstrations on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, blocking roads in Rongai, Kajiado County after a hyena attacked one of their comrades. 

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Transport was paralyzed on the road near the campus, since 7 am as students cited negligence on the part of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

“We are fighting for our rights, we will not allow comrades to be eaten by hyenas, let the government give hungry hyenas food,” said one of the students.

The students urged the government to intervene either by relocating the campus to another place or the KWS to ensure the animals are confined within the Nairobi National park. 

“One of the comrades, Kevin Mwendwa was attacked by a hyena, and there are other several cases we have witnessed where comrades are attacked by wild animals around our campus,” said another student.

21-year-old Kelvin Mwenda was attacked by a hyena along Masai lodge road at 8pm on Monday February 5.

He was rushed to Wana hospital and later transferred to Kenyatta National  Hospital (KNH) where he is undergoing treatment.

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