Aldai residents in Nandi County took to the streets on Tuesday to protest a recent court order barring the development of Aldai Boys Secondary School to a campus of Friends Kaimosi University.
The residents sought the intervention of the area leaders, including Governor Stephen Sang, to end the court battle brought on by the parents of the high school.
They cited the lack of an institution of higher learning in the area as compared to neighbouring constituencies that had colleges.
"We want to tell those people who have gone to Court to use the justice system to sabotage the economic development of Kobujoi, that their days are numbered," one lamented.
"We want to know them, and we want to make it clear that we want to see our leaders, our Governor, our MP and our area MCA talk in one voice and tell us what their position is on the matter of development of Kobujoi."
They pointed out developments like a Teachers Training College and a Kenya Medical Training College in neighbouring areas of Kaptumo and Kemeloi, respectively.
As such, they sought to establish a college of their own in the area of Nandi South, asserting that they also needed to experience the benefits that came with such an institution.
In a court ruling issued on October 3, the High Court in Nairobi issued conservatory orders barring the conversion of Aldai Boys Secondary School in Aldai into a university following a petition filed by a section of parents of the high school.
Following the ruling, Nandi leaders, led by Governor Sang, sided with the residents, stating that although it was the parents' right to seek legal redress over any matter, the establishment of the Kobujoi campus would provide several benefits to the area.
Het termed the project as a long-overdue undertaking, calling for better avenues of reaching an amicable remedy over the stalemate.
