A screengrab obtained from video of flooded lecturer halls at Parklands
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has closed lecture halls at the School of Law in Parklands following last weekend’s massive flooding.
UoN’s Dean of the School of Law, Prof Winifred Kamau, announced that classes will be conducted online while mitigation efforts continue.
“This is to inform you that all classes will be held online from today, Monday, March 9, 2026, up to Friday, March 13, 2026,” Prof Kamau said in a circular to students.
She added, “This is as a result of heavy rains on the night of Friday, March 6, 2026, which caused flooding in sections of Parklands Campus, affecting teaching spaces and other areas. All necessary measures are being taken to ensure normalcy is restored soonest.”
A video clip circulated online showing flooded lecture rooms after storm water flowed into the compound on Thursday night.
UoN Law School offers physical classes to all regular and Module 2 Day students, while evening classes have remained online since before the school fully resumed in-person learning following the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.
The ongoing rains have caused nationwide floods that have claimed over 45 lives in the past three days, with Nairobi recording 23 deaths and widespread property destruction.
Early Monday, the state asked people with missing relatives to check the City Mortuary, where 27 bodies were recovered. Nairobi West County Commissioner Rose Chege said most of the bodies remain unidentified and will undergo postmortem examinations.
“A total of 27 fatalities, including 22 males, three females, and two children, have currently been recorded, pending identification and postmortem examination,” Ms. Chege said.
The Kenya Meteorological Department indicated that Nairobi recorded some of the highest rainfall totals in recent months, overwhelming drainage systems and leaving several neighbourhoods submerged.
At Ainsworth School in Eastleigh, learning was suspended on Friday after water flooded large sections of the compound, including classrooms and the administration block.
“We have suspended learning today because we cannot access the classrooms. The waters are at knee level, and therefore we cannot have students in the school,” head teacher Francis Mwangi told The Star by phone.
Images showed learners, teachers, and parents stranded on elevated sections of the compound that remained above the floodwaters
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