International and Kenyan laws require the state to take steps to ensure realisation of the right to education; this is to be exercised by the mandated institutions which includes the university of Nairobi. Article 43( 1 )(f) of the Constitution guarantees this right to everyone. Article 53 and the Children’s Act say the government must undertake all necessary steps to make free basic — and compulsory — education available to every child. The African Charters on the Welfare and Rights of the Child, and on Human and Peoples Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights all recognise the rights of the child to education. Under Article 2( 5 ) and 2( 6 ) of the Constitution, these are all part of Kenyan law.

The Basic Education Act of 2013 says the state must ensure the marginalised, the vulnerable and disadvantaged children are not discriminated against in provision of education. The government also has to provide human resources, including adequate teaching and non-teaching staff, infrastructure necessary for schools, including learning and teaching equipment and appropriate financial resources, and ensure provision of quality basic education.

The COVID - 19 pandemic has hit us, the students, hard. Some of us were preparing for the end of semester examinations. We really appreciate the MUCH effort the university of Nairobi's administration put just to have everything in order. However, the introduction of online classes is what we shall term as the worst form of infringement of the right to education. The university's senate introduced online examinations and classes. For the past three or so weeks the classes were on. However, less than fifty percent of the students attended. The same university purports to introduce online examinations. Questions:

1. How will the students without smart phones and laptops attend the classes and do the examinations?
2.How will the students in the areas with poor internet connection comfortably follow up and be at per with the classes?
3.What about those in areas without electricity connection?
5.How possible and viable is it for a student with the smallest smartphone type and respond to an examination, online?
4. Did the university considered and answered all the above questions before taking the action of introducing online classes?

We, the students, term the action of the Senate as discriminatory and unfair; contrary to article 47 of the Constitution of Kenya.

We, therefore, need you to sign this petition and have our voice heard out there!