Stay put, parents told over shut Mau schools

Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot (left) addresses a press conference in Nairobi yesterday. Looking on is Belgut MP Nelson Koech. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Rift Valley leaders have asked parents to send their children to 15 schools shut in Mau, setting stage for confrontation with the Government as schools reopen today for third term.

Last week, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya declared the schools were illegal as they were on forest land, and asked families affected by second phase eviction to look for alternative schools for their children.