Management row at Nyali School paralyses learning
Learning was disrupted at the Nyali Primary School in Mombasa as parents stormed the school to push out the newly elected board.
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00:00 [crowd cheering]
00:21 [speaking foreign language]
00:41 As parents, we voted them out because they mismanaged the school and their term of service in the board had already expired.
00:53 Our constitution says that you cannot serve for more than four years, but this board has been in the office for more than eight years now.
01:03 So we feel aggrieved. [speaking foreign language]
01:12 The people who have mismanaged this school cannot be allowed to continue mismanaging the school.
01:18 The cafeteria is in a bad state. This school is dilapidated. It has not been repaired for so many years.
01:29 The performance of this school is coming down by the day. So as parents, we are saying that you are dissatisfied with that court order and we want our school back.
01:41 [speaking foreign language]
01:58 [speaking foreign language]
02:08 There is a term limit of two years. We are supposed to have elections every two years.
02:13 The last election which was held here was 2017, I think.
02:18 2016, 2017.
02:21 [speaking foreign language]
02:24 [speaking foreign language]
02:44 [speaking foreign language]
03:12 [speaking foreign language]
03:35 I feel very disappointed as a woman in this country. I feel very disappointed as a parent in this school.
03:42 I feel very disappointed in him being the first chairman that is being instilled on parents and then the school is at a standstill.
03:52 The most important thing I want to ask our members to become, let's come together, listen together.
03:58 The Tonga is always willing to follow the law as it is. We are governed by the rule of law in this country as a court order which was given.
04:09 And if I don't do that, there will be a contempt of court.
04:12 And all I wish is that members could come together because we have been told to do an arbitration.
04:19 That's the process we are working very hard to make sure that there's an arbitration. We sought out this issue once and for all.
04:26 [no dialogue]