Education CS George Magoha has warned against the relocation of Kisumu Boys High School and it´s sister school, Kisumu Girls.
The Kisumu County government is mulling over relocating the schools from the city centre to the outskirts of the lakeside city.
But Magoha says learners at the twin schools are safe in their current locations.
“So do not scare my students. Every child in this school is as safe as the other one,” he said.
Debate over the relocation of the schools from the city centre has been ongoing since last year.
Governor Anyang Nyong’o revived the debate this week while in Nairobi saying that the current location of the two institutions did not align with the plan to make the lakeside city a commercial hub.
He added that the schools sit on prime land within the Central Business District but do not bring any economic value to the development of the city.
Bur Magoha said any such move would require public participation.
“This is because if you want to relocate schools anywhere else, you will have to ask the people around there,” Magoha said.
He spoke on Saturday at Kisumu Girls High School.
The debate on the relocation of the schools had last year been met with resistance from locals and the alumni.
The president of the Kisumu Boys school Alumni association, lawyer James Mwamu, threatened to go to court over the matter.
