60 boys from a secondary school in the banditry-prone boundary of Turkana and West Pokot counties have been left without a place to sleep after a court ruled that the contractors who built their boarding facility should reclaim ownership.
Shabaa Civil Engineering & Construction contractors are reported to have evacuated occupants in the buildings and locked the doors with padlocks just days after the court injunction.
The facility was one of 5 social investment projects initiated by the multinational oil explorer, Tullow Oil.
Shabaa Civil Engineering & Construction had taken the oil explorer to court seeking to repossess the projects citing that they had not been duly paid for the finished works.
The contractors claimed that they had agreed with the company on Sh130 Million as the cost of the projects but only Sh80 Million was paid.
Mr Caleb Omwancha, Kainuk Mixed Secondary School's boarding master, told Business Daily that the squabble posed a major security challenge to the students.
"Our 60 boys have nowhere to stay for the six months stipulated in the court order. This is a disaster, especially now that our school is in a banditry-prone area," he reiterated.
Other projects affected by the injunction include a dormitory at Uhuru Girls Secondary School, a science laboratory at Katilu Girls Secondary School, two classrooms at Karoge Primary School, a hospital in Lokichar town and a dispensary at Kasuroi Trading Centre.
