Governor Anyang Nyong'o wants Kisumu boys and girls schools relocated out of the City's Central Business District.
In the 9th Edition of the Africities Summit, Nyong'o explained that the current location of the two institutions at the CBD does not align with his plans to make the City a commercial hub.
He noted that the Institutions sit on prime land yet they have no economic value, hence the city is losing a lot of money that could be used to change the economic fortunes of the region.
“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 stated.
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The first-term governor now wants the schools relocated from the City so that they can derive economic value from the lands.
“Each school has a field, a swimming pool and other amenities that have occupied chunks of 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," he explained.
Others to be moved include the Manyatta Arabs School, Kisumu County Referral Hospital, Jua Kali market and the city's main bus terminus.
The relocation of the schools is one of the many recommendations made by Nyong'o in his bid to ensure that land in the city is effectively utilized.
He has been calling for measures that will ensure the land is effectively utilized so that the region can get the economic value that can change the lives of the city.
Kisumu city is set to host Africites Summit between May 17 to 2.
The summit was convened by the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A).
