A section of Kisumu Members of County Assembly have condemned the action by the police in Langata to throw teargas at pupils who were protesting against an alleged land grabbing of their school playground.
Nominated MCA Farida Salim said in a press statement released to the at the county assembly of Kisumu on Tuesday that it was very unfortunate that the police could use teargases against the minors who were just protesting against grabbing of their school.
She condemned the land grabbing and called upon Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu to stop the rampant land grabbing facing the country today.
“Land grabbing has been a major historical injustice in our country today and has hurt, injured and killed many people. This menace cannot be wished away with teargases and violence from the police as we really need to stop it,” said Salim
Her nominated counterpart Lydia Odhiambo said that the pupils were only reacting to the moral decadence that the country is currently undergoing.
“It is so unfortunate that even our children know that there is rampant land grabbing in our county today and that is why they expressed their anger and disgust yesterday at Langata in Nairobi,” said Odhiambo.
Nyalenda ‘B’ representative said that children have a right to a play ground or field and the police should not have dealt with them the way they did yesterday in Langata.