School in Kakamega gets back grabbed playground

Pupils and teachers at Kakamega Primary School took to the streets in celebration after the National Land Commission (NLC) gave back to them a 12-acre piece of land that had been grabbed.

Kakamega primary school pupils and teachers led by their headteacher Mr. David Ikunza thronged Kakamega streets singing and dancing with joy after receiving good news of a letter from the National Land Commission instructing them to own tittle deed number Kakamega town block 11/32 which was hereby vested in permanent Secretary treasury for a public playing field for the school. Teachers and pupils singing and thanking God for hearing their prayers for what they termed as 11 years of struggle for crying for justice to be done. BY BENJAMIN SAKWA

NLC Chairman Muhamad Swazuri, in a letter delivered by Dominic Agoi, has ordered the school be given a title deed for its 12-acre piece of land, which was earmarked as their playground.