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Government declares 15 public schools in Mau forest illegal

Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya addressing the press at his office in Nakuru over the impending Maasai Mau Forest Evictions. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

The Government will be closing 15 primary schools that were built in the Mau Forest at a cost of Sh60 million.

Speaking yesterday during a tour of the forest, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya (pictured) said the schools were illegally put up using State funds.

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