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It's morally wrong to use children in demos

Only days after Lands Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi confirmed having issued title deeds to 1,000 schools in 13 counties in a move aimed at protecting them from unscrupulous developers, Kenyatta Golf Course Academy in Nairobi was demolished. Children coming to school in the morning found everything in disarray.

This raises fundamental questions; if anyone had a legitimate claim to the school land, why move at night to destroy property that benefits society? Were there no legal measures, like getting a court order that could have been employed? Civilised society should frown upon such action since dispute resolution mechanisms exist.

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