Court to rule on Form One admission row

By Murimi Mwangi

Nyeri, Kenya: The High Court will Monday deliver a verdict on a stand-off between the Nyeri County Government and the Education ministry over Form One admissions to 10 top performing schools in the county.

The judgment to be delivered by Justice James Wakiaga will seal the fate of 1,831 students whose admission to the 10 extra-county (formerly provincial) schools is at the centre of the dispute.

In the suit, the county has sued the Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi and his Principal Secretary Bellio Kipsang for the alleged flawed selection process.

The county claims that the erroneous selection gave the lion share of the slots in the 10 schools to “outsiders”.

Citing a circular released by the ministry late last year to guide in the selection process, the county claims Nyeri was denied its rightful share of 60 per cent of the slots to the schools.

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The schools involved include Nyeri Boys, Chinga Boys, Chinga Girls, Kangumbiri Girls, South Tetu Girls, Karima Boys, Tumutumu Girls, Othaya Boys, Othaya Girls and Narumoro Girls High.

Among the issues cited by the county is the alleged admission of two students with 219 and 211 marks to South Tetu and Nyeri High Schools respectively.

The county is represented by lawyer Wahome Gikonyo, while Prof Kaimenyi and Dr Kipsang are represented by Stellar Munyi, Jennifer Gitiri and Priscilar Gathagu.