Uhuru faults NLC, Lands ministry over Lang'ata school land dispute
A police officer lobs a tear gas canister at protesting pupils of Lang'ata Road Primary School on January 20, 2015. President Kenyatta condemned the incident and said the NLC and the Lands ministry must be held accountable for not resolving the issue in good time. AFP PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA
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President Kenyatta said the two institutions would be held to account for the row that resulted in the tear-gassing of protesting pupils on Monday.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has faulted the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission for failing to resolve the Lang’ata Road Primary School land dispute.
President Kenyatta said the two institutions would be held to account for the row that resulted in the tear-gassing of protesting pupils on Monday.
“We will begin to take action against Government officials who fail in their mandates,” President Kenyatta said.
Expressing his disappointment following the Monday chaos, he also questioned the role of the headteacher, saying that schoolchildren should not have been allowed to participate in the protests.
On Monday, five children and a police officer were injured as violence marred demonstrations to save the school’s playground from an alleged land grabber.
President Kenyatta was speaking Tuesday during the launch of Kenya’s first foreign and diaspora policy at the Kenyatta International Conventional Centre.
