A school in Samburu has been caught up in a row after the National Land Commission was called upon to intervene following a row between mutaro Primary School and the neighbouring community over the ownership of two acres.
The dispute came after the elders, the county government and local administration failed to solve the issue amicably.
About 8.7 acre piece of land owned by the school is also being claimed by the community which claims to have donated the land for establishment of a learning institution and says the school illegally extended its boundaries without consulting owners.
According to Simon Lemeteki the school’s chairman said, “People are using the school to forcibly take away more land from a person who voluntarily donated his land for establishment of the school and that is not right.”
In addition he said, the institution legally owns the land.
“The school has a letter from the former county council authorising it to own the 8.7 acre piece of land. We measured the land and a conflict ensued later as the school was preparing to fence,” he said.
Maralal chief Dominic Lemapara said a meeting will be called with surveyors, representative officers from the Ministry of Lands and the county commissioner to find a long lasting solution.