Bringing down the wall of Lang'ata and the rise of a great urban legend

A section of activists at Langata Road Primary school, Nairobi took to the streets to demonstrate over a private land developer who they claim had grabbed a section of the school’s land. PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA

NAIROBI: Since that wall of Lang’ata Road Primary School came tumbling down, rising overnight to become a revered signpost, I have been reflecting on the wall from a philosophical standpoint.

It was, after all, erected by lucid men, armed with a permit from our City fathers, the folks who are otherwise too busy to collect garbage and other pressing tasks, the papers stamped in the right places, giving them the right to commit wrong on others.