About 30 others are in Jamuhuri Park after they were evacuated from
Kibera slums, the commission’s first secretary, Sam Masolo, said
yesterday.
“I have been to Mathare and the Ugandans there are being assisted
by the Red Cross. They have access to food, medication, tents and
drinking water. We are encouraging any Ugandans who feel insecure to
report to the high commission,” Masolo said.
“Our assessment is that they are safer at Mathare and those in Jamuhuri will not be affected by the violence.”
Meanwhile, Greensteds International School in Kenya has prematurely
closed for half term because of the parents’ concern about the safety
of their children in the renewed post-election unrest.
The school, situated 16km from Nakuru on the Nairobi highway, opened a week late for the term two weeks ago.
The school hired buses that transported the students under military
escort to Nairobi. Some of them boarded planes to their homes, while
others are staying in Nairobi with family friends, sources said.
The headmaster, Martin Bentley, yesterday denied there was any threat of physical attack on the premises.
He, however, said the post-election unrest had affected the acquisition of supplies for the school.
“I have been receiving telephone calls from concerned parents in
different countries. They prefer to have their children back home,”
Bentley, who insisted that the school was secure, said.
The school has 320 pupils from different countries. Of these, 120 are final examinations candidates, Bentley said.
He said the school might be reopened after a week.
Meanwhile, Ugandan parents with children in Kenyan schools are slated to meet today.
According to them, the schools are fine but the roads are almost impassable because of the violence.
“It is worrying. When we took them back to school, the situation was better but it is now deteriorating,” a parent said.
However, parents of children at Turi Academy, an international
school in Molo, said they visited them over the weekend and they were
fine. The administration of an American university in Thika said the
security situation was being monitored and movement of the students was
restricted.
