Audit lays bare extent of land grabbing in schools

Lands CS Jacob Kaimenyi (centre) with school heads from various counties after they were issued with title deeds in Eldoret yesterday. At least 1,000 schools got their titles. [Photo: Peter Ochieng, Standard]

In January 2015, Kenyans were treated to a shocking incident in which pupils of Langata Road Primary School were teargassed and activists arrested as they attempted to reclaim grabbed school land.

It offered a sneak preview into the land-grabbing menace that has come to haunt the country, sweeping reforms introduced over the years notwithstanding. Despite stringent laws, private developers, who enjoy the protection of the high and mighty in Government, continue grabbing public land with abandon.