The Environment and Lands Court in Kapsabet, Nandi County has intervened after a senior politician from the county blocked a road leading to Kipkedenda primary school.
Justice Michael Mwanyale has issued temporary orders to the politician directing him to immediately reopen the road in Aldai Constituency.
Mwanyale said the decision is to allow pupils access to the school pending hearing of the case on September 24, 2024.
The politician had blocked the route claiming that it was illegally placed, and it was destroying his vegetation.
Residents were angered by his actions, prompting them to stage demonstrations.
In addition, Aldai MP Marlanne Kitany and the Kipkenda Primary School Board filed a petition in court, seeking legal redress for the politician’s actions.
Speaking to the media, Kitany said the Court ruled in their favor and has directed that the road should be reopened.
“We went to court, and they issued temporary orders. The first temporary order was that the individual who had closed off the land, should open up the road on his property,” she said.
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Court Officials to Inspect the Land
The MP added that the court officials will visit the land to determine whether it was donated to the school by the original owner.
“The court will also come here to inspect and confirm that the land, which originally belonged to an elder named Ezekiel Kiptok, is still the land he donated to the school. They will check the road that the children were using, which had been blocked,” Kitany said.
Additionally, she said they will be in court before the registrar on August 28 to get a date for when the court officials will come to the site.
She stated that the Director of Surveys from Nandi County will also come to determine the location of the school’s beacons and identify whose land it is on.
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Police Statement
Police said the individual opened the road due to the directive issued by the government through the courts.
“You know, we don’t rest because the children must be able to go to school. He was told that even if it is his land, he should open the place so that the children can go to school. Don’t think that he opened it easily; he did it with difficulty because the government ordered it,” said a police officer.
The politician has also defended his position in court claiming ownership of the land in question identified as parcel 846.
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