Daystar University VC told journalists that all the eight students are from its Athi River Campus.

Vice Chancellor Mr Timothy Wachira has told the press that the eight are suffering from cholera. There has a sharp rise in cases of cholera in Nairobi and its environments.

Mr Wachira said that one of the affected students had travelled to Kayole Estate and came back with the symptoms that tested positive for cholera.

This are the latest cases of cholera, a malady that has not spared even senior government officials. One of the students is to admitted to the Aga Khan Hospital while the rest are at the Nairobi Women’s Hospital