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.
“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.
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
— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) September 3, 2019
Murkomen had over the weekend maintained that there would be no eviction from Maasai Mau Trust land until President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks.
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.
There will be no eviction from Masai Mau Trust Land until President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks. CS Tobiko who is conflicted has no moral authority to evict people against the law. We have asked Kenyans to stay put and our children to go to school like children of all other Kenyans!
— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) September 2, 2019
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.
State stops closure of 15 schools in Mau Foresthttps://t.co/1sTmhXcSne
— PEOPLE DAILY (@PeopleDailyKe) September 3, 2019
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.