Drama at St Mary’s Mission Hospital as nuns. police officers raid premises

Police officers arriving at St Mary's Mission Hospital, Gilgil    Photo:Kipsang Joseph/Standard.

Drama engulfed St Mary’s Mission Hospital in Gilgil on Friday 19, when a group of Assumption Sisters accompanied by police officers stormed the hospital’s premises in an attempt to take over the management.

Patients were locked out after services were paralysed following the raid.

Photo:Kipsang Joseph/Standard.

On January 3, 2017 nuns took over the ownership of St Mary’s Mission Hospital High School in Nairobi where they kicked out learners.

Patients locked out at St Mary's Mission Hospital, Gilgil after services were paralysed Photo:Kipsang Joseph/Standard.

The students said they were evicted from their hostels by hired goons accompanied by police officers.

“They pushed us out and here we are. We don’t know where to go, we have no other place,” said one form four student.

The school’s principal, Alexander Kaboro, said most students admitted to the school were poor and relied on donor funding. The majority are orphans.

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The principal said the students had no other place to go and called on the government to intervene.

“We took our students to children’s homes and rehabilitation centres as we seek to have the matter addressed by the Ministry of Education,” said Mr Kaboro.

Photo:Kipsang Joseph/Standard

“They have no other place to go to and they are at risk of being denied their right to education,” said Kaboro.

Nakuru County police boss Hassan Barua has confirmed that St Mary’s Mission Hospital was under a new management following a court order.