St Mary's Mission Hospital High School principal Alexander Kaburu (left) and a teacher Daniel Barasa address journalists in Nairobi yesterday. [PHOTO/Standard]
Over 100 students were on Wednesday locked out of school following a bitter confrontation between a church priest and nuns over control of the multi-billion-shilling St Mary Hospital.
This came after Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) decided to take over ownership of St Mary's Mission Hospital High School located in Lang'ata, Nairobi, and kick the learners out.
The sisters last week seized control of the attached mission hospital on whose land the school sits.
Although the school was set to reopen on Wednesday, the students and teachers were sent away by the new hospital management.
According to Principal Alexander Kaburu, the sisters ordered the students and their teachers out of the compound.
He claimed that ASN paid goons and armed officers guarding the facility to chase them away.
“We were to reopen today (Wednesday) and students were ready to resume their lessons but students and teachers were chased away. The sisters ordered us to leave. These students are from poor backgrounds and have nowhere to go to," Kaburu said.
The war between ASN and Fr William Fryda over ownership of St Mary’s Mission Hospitals in Nairobi and Nakuru has been going on for years.