Educational institutions in Migori County have been urged to engage relevant agencies to acquire title deeds to realise infrastructural development.
Suna West Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Masara, who spoke during the launch of classrooms at the Saint Francis Marindi Primary School, built under the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF), said his office has tried to acquire title deeds to schools that the CDF has invested in.
The legislator said that the subdivision of mother titles in NG-CDF-invested schools was ongoing within the constituency, although he confirmed that school names in some institutions have not yet been transferred to reflect on title deeds.
The MP said that succession takes time but promised to help speed up the process of acquiring title deeds in his constituency to fast-track the development agenda.
Meanwhile, Migori Deputy Governor Joseph Mahiri, who spoke in a different function while distributing shoes to students of Bungutwi Comprehensive School in Nyabikaye area, Kuria West Sub County, said that lack of title deeds for public schools was hindering infrastructural development.
He explained that the county and the national government, as well as donors, are finding it hard to invest in a public school that lacks proper land credentials due to succession claims.
The Deputy Governor added that the majority of schools in Kuria region lack title deeds because the land was given by a community; yet no succession has been done.
The Deputy Governor said they will continue to work with the Ministry of Education and other relevant stakeholders to ensure schools get the documents needed to move infrastructural projects forward.
Headteacher of Bungutwi Comprehensive School, Mrs. Joyce Nyangi, outlined the severe challenges confronting the institution, including lack of a title deed, inadequate classrooms, teacher shortage, and dwindling enrollment that continues to affect the quality of education.
She appealed to the government for assistance in securing a title deed, explaining that while the community donated the land, formal succession has never been processed.
By Lydia Adhiambo and Iventer Nyawanda
