Murkomen Lauds Jubilee as State Stops Closure of 15 Mau Schools

Nakuru County Commissioner Erastus Mbui. He has said that the government has reversed the order to close 15 schools in Mau. Photo/Courtesy

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator, Kipchumba Murkomen, has lauded the Jubilee administration just moments after the national government reversed an order to close 15 schools in Mau Forest in evictions targeting over 60, 000 people.

Through his Twitter account, the vocal senator, who is also a lawyer by profession, stated that the Jubilee government was founded on justice and fairness for all, hence the decision to save children from few individuals, whom he felt did not have the future of Kenya’s children at heart.

Mau Forest
Mau Forest complex

“Jubilee is founded on justice, fairness, common sense & rule of law. As I said yesterday we shall not allow individuals who don’t understand our history to torture citizens & kill the future of our children. Let the children be. We shall conserve our environment but protect the people,” tweeted Murkomen.

Murkomen had over the weekend maintained that there would be no eviction from Maasai Mau Trust land until President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks.

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen. He has been on the forefront opposing Mau evictions. Photo/File

His sentiments were echoed by a number of leaders from the region, led by Belgut MP, Nelson Koech, who urged the locals to stay put and send their children to school when the school re-opens for the third term.

His tweet came immediately after the government announced, on Tuesday, through Nakuru County Commissioner Erastus Mbui, that it had reversed the directive in a decision that was made to allow students to sit their national exams.

Last week, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya said the schools were illegally put up using state funds. Natembeya’s directive to close the 15 learning institutions, however, caused a lot of heated reactions from the region’s leaders, who promised to disobey the orders.

On Tuesday, shortly before the government reversed the decision, leaders led by Emurua Dikirr MP, Johanna Ng’eno, were arrested for allegedly leading the locals in demonstrating against the directive while removing roadblocks erected by security officers heading to closed schools.

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