1,000 Homa Bay schools lack title deeds

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Homa Bay County Commissioner Ronald Mwiwawi addresses journalists during an education stakeholders’ meeting at Ogande Girls High School. [James Omoro, Standard]

More than 1,000 public secondary and primary schools in Homa Bay County risk being locked in land disputes due to a lack of land title deeds.

The county has 1,089 public primary schools and 312 public secondary schools, but about 1,022 lack title deeds, accounting for 73 per cent.

This means only about 379 public schools have title deeds, representing 27 per cent.