Owner used chicken wire in slabs. I also understand that school charges 15k per term for 806 pupils, thus total income of over 36m per yr...

It is a big shame for government of Kenya that has allowed its loyal citizens to be shafted left-right and center by greedy landlords, businessmen, quacks, educationists etc. I will not be surprised to hear that KRA collects zero tax from the owner of this school underlining grave incompetence of GoK. All public schools in Nairobi were build between 1960 and 1980 by Fred Ngumo led Nairobi City Commission. Ever since it has been siasa galore.

If parents are willing to pay a whooping 15k for a school whose infrastructure is best fit to breed rabbits and chickens then government should build 10 schools in this area and charge 7.5k in an effort to bridge the budget/revenue deficits. Luckily, huku kwetu Mombasani, our leaders despite being academic dwarfs(D+ material), have more sense than Nairobi Mps and all cabinet secretaries and PS's and are more committed to "watu wetu".

Back in the city commission days I went to public primary school(most were actually built in the colonial era), they were well managed with each class with a max of 35 kids. Nyayo was quite particular about quality education. After Kibaki introduced free-primary education you have to be really reckless as a parent to have your kid in a public school except maybe Nairobi primary and few others. Even in slums parents are squeezing themselves to put their kids in private 'academy'.


public schools are not what they used to be e.g. Olympic primary was a top school. They now produce academic dwarfs. Even if there was a public school in the area that chicken shed school would still have more kids because it offers more quality education. See thread
http://www.wazua.co.ke/f...aspx?g=posts&t=33084

But even the contractor, foreman and the fundis who who agreed and built these type of structures are very much on the wrong. Shows you how rotten our community/society is.

You miss my point @Wukan. What i am condemning is 30 years of zero government action as far as development of education,housing,transport etc in Nairobi is concerned leaving peace loving Kenyans at the mercy of hyenas ready to fill the gap where government has failed flat.

I am proposing we go back to the days where government built proper schools complete with all amenities. Further, I am also proposing we go back to an education system that worked complete with school inspectors who would randomly check into schools with their piki pikis to keep drunken teachers on check. Schools where pretty(supuu) teaching practice teachers trained at Highridge teachers college would be posted for their elective year. Schools that participated in music festivals, sports, drama, science congress etc after practicing hard in facilities in their own compounds. schools where every child sat on a desk and chair. That is what i count as quality education.

Problem is that government has abdicated its role of building schools for over 3 decades and yet the population has grown exponentially. Another big problem is Kenyans are a "FAD" society. If it is fashionable to take your kids to academy then everyone rushes to take their kids there. If it is fashionable to live in matchbox apartment then everyone rushes there etc. Ban the fad and everything will be alright.

Take for example rural areas of Kenya.... Wananchi still send their kids to public schools and the existing private ones are spacious and well built.I have not heard my relatives from rural Nyeri lamenting about the quality of education in the village primary school. Take another example of public hospitals. Wanachi (sanasana wa Nairobi) would be caught dead going to a public hospital where they are guaranteed of a qualified physician and standard quality drugs but would rather go to those funny funny clinics where they are shafted proper and all their life savings taken away.Kuleni jeuri yenu pole pole.