Kisumu Boys And Other Schools to be Relocated Out of City Centre

Kisumu Boys High School is among the institutions that have been earmarked for relocation away from the city centre.

The announcement was made by Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o during a press conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, 4th May where he was giving updates concerning the upcoming 9th edition of the AfriCities Summit that will be hosted in Kisumu from 17th May to 21st May 2022.

According to Nyong’o, the institution had no economic value, although it occupies prime land within the city.

Nyong’o emphasised that a city is a commercial space and should be run as a profit-making entity.

“Considering the value of the place, that land needs to be useful. We need to construct an integrated urban centre rather than schools,” Nyong’o was quoted as saying by the Nation.

Other institutions that are going to be affected by Kisumu City’s new plan include Kisumu Girl’s High School, Manyatta Arabs School, Kisumu County Referral Hospital, the Jua Kali Market and the main Kisumu bus terminus.

Nyong’o suggested that the schools should share facilities to prevent excessive use of government land.

“Each school has a field, a swimming pool and other amenities that have occupied land. Why don’t we take them to an area where schools share amenities? We don’t need to have a field for each school in a town,” Nyong’o said.

“Five schools can have one field because they don’t use it all the time. Students from school A can use it the morning and in the afternoon school B brings its students.”

The Kisumu County Referral Hospital is set to be merged with the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.