Nyaronde primary school parents and management have asked the government to help them repossess part of their playing ground that has been allegedly grabbed by unnamed people.
According to them, the developer has taken advantage of the institution’s playground proximity to the Kisii-Nairobi highway to grab almost half of the field.
On Tuesday, headteacher Willis Onyando said a powerful person had directed workers to fence the ground, only for them to succumb to pressure from the students.
“This is quite shocking that someone from nowhere can come and start fencing a public land. Was it not pressure from agitated children, I don’t think we could be speaking about all this today. The person must be a very powerful individual,” he said.
“My students did an exemplary job by chasing workers. They overpowered them, making them to flee for dear lives although we still don’t have answers to some questions,” he said.
He asked the government on behalf of parents to intervene and have the school acquire title deeds since they have not acquired one despite numerous attempts.
“A title deed is a very vital document in land ownership. I have tried to acquire it for the last three years but all in vein. I know the government can help us solve the predicament easily. It will be the joy of pupils who risk losing their playground to anonymous land grabbers,” Onyando added.