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Netizens Fault Government Over Decision to Denounce 15 Mau Schools

29/08/2019
Alex Kirwa
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A section of the already encroached Mau forest. The government has announced that it will shut down 15 primary schools in the area. Photo/File

The government of Kenya through the Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya has been accused over the decision close down 15 schools in Mau to pave way for the second phase of evictions in the Maasai Mau forest.

Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Natembeya said the government was going to shut down the 15 schools illegally built in the forest reserve adding that they are not government institutions and have been set up in the area illegally.

Natembeya refused to recognise the centres as government schools, terming them as “structures” and products of “deceit”.

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Some of the evicted families during phase one part of evictions

While pointing fingers at the stakeholders, the government said the 15 institutions have been benefiting from schools gazetted and legally established in the area.

The schools denied by the government facing closure include; Kirobon, Senetwet, Kapsilibwo, Kitoben, Indianit, Kabarak center, Noosagami, Chorwet, Ogilge, Sebetet, Olabai, Koitabai, Chebirbelek, Chebetet and Lelechwet primary schools.

The decision, however, did not go down well with a section of social media users who questioned how the government which authorized its constructions could later come back to deny the schools.

Others bitterly read some political interests in the exercise asking why the Jubilee government under President Uhuru was reluctant in its first term to implement the eviction only to resurface in his second and final office term.

The government is aiming at restoring the critical water catchment area of Mau forest which has been encroached by illegal settlers over time. Here are the reactions;

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Replying to  Natembea was promoted purposely to evict people.where will thousands of people go.Natembea and Tobiko are not genuine on this they are playing politics,wants to reduce the number of kipsigis voters in narok county.thats the bitter truth.

Geoffrey Koech immensely sad, where will all these people go? Leave alone the future of the 4000 pupils which have been dunished.

Habib Omar The school were built illegal by the same government using public resources and they went ahead to delopy teachers in those illegal schools.
Kweli bhangi sio mchicha

Richard Bungei DESTROYING 15 SCHOOLS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO UNESCO IMMEDIATELY. Leaders should go to court immediately to seek amicable solution. Otherwise kufuzia mvua watu 60,000 is very bad manenos and yet colonialists evicted them from their original homes and planted tea. Am starting to scream alone calling for devine intervention for innocent children who may die because of cold. God have mercy on these people.

Kenbrian Mc Odhis Are these schools public schools or private schools!.If they are public schools the gorvenment allowed their construction,sent government teachers to teach there,they have been receiving government fund yearly allocations,have been sitting national exams yearly all this time sitting on Mau forest land!!.This is impunity of the highest order.In other countries some people would be serving jail terms.Is gonna be hard for those kids there but i think someone must now take the responsibility of the mess.

Paul Tum We are ready to fight for our land you can’t bring recurrent politics and block our children from going to schools…. If Nairobi use be A Forest by 70s which part this country was not a forest.. Then the government should recall all tittle deeds issued by 1968.

 

 

 

 

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