January 21, 2015 - Today's News In Gazetikenya

10 schools in City lose prime land to grabbers.

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"The chairman of the Nairobi County Early Childhood Education and Vocational Training committee David Kitavi accused the County government of ignoring a report showing that More than 10 primary schools in Nairobi county have lost their land to grabbers."

The report was compiled last year.

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More than 10 primary schools in Nairobi county have lost their land to grabbers according to a report presented to Governor Evans Kidero but which is yet to be acted upon.
A report by a task force he appointed says the grabbing of Lang’ata Road Primary Schools is just a tip of the iceberg as more educational institutions have lost their property to private developers using fake documents.

The chairman of the Nairobi County Early Childhood Education and Vocational Training committee David Kitavi accused the County government of ignoring the report which was submitted last mid last year. He said the task force recommended that the County government moves with speed to secure land of all public schools to keep off grabbers.

“The report is gathering dust at the governor’s office,” he said. He listed the schools as Kinyanjui Road Primary School, Riruta Road, Aga Khan Primary, Catholic Parochial, Ngong Primary, Olympic Primary, Kibiria, Uhuru Gardens, Our Lady of Mercy and Kamukunji Primary.
“This report, which was prepared after spending millions in investigations, has never been brought to the County Assembly because some of the MCAs are working with the grabbers,” he said. “Some of the county officials are also colluding with grabbers and politicians to grab public land and tough action should be taken to stope them,” he said.

“The members of the County Assembly wish to condemn in the strongest terms possible the brute force used on the pupils by the police as they exercised their right to protest against grabbing of their land,” said Kitavi. Kitavi urged the National government to transfer the management of primary school infrastructure to counties to effectively protect buildings and other public property.

“We also urged all Nairobi leaders to stand firm and say no to these cartels whose work is merely to derail the progress we are making to ensure that our children get the best education,” said Kitavi.

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