Nyali School Management row deepens

Parents of Nyali School, are in dispute with the School management and are seeking to obtain crucial documents through the school's Board of Trustees Chairman.Parents waited for the embattled Chairman outside a Mombasa Church, unaware that he allegedly left in a different vehicle.Kelvin Opiyo, a parent at the school, accused the trustees of vacillating on the problems facing the school and overstaying in the position beyond the required term limit.'Up to now we don't know where the documents of Nyali School are, we don't know if the School was sold or it was used as a security for a loan, because trustees are not clear they don't come-out to tell members what is going on,' said Opiyo.The Parents' attempts to obtain the documents have fallen on deaf ears, as the trustees have been non-committal to their request.'We don't know why they want to continue running the school, yet there is a Board that we elected,' stated Opiyo, urging the Board Chairman to surrender the crucial documents. Opiyo also revea led, learners were out of school for three weeks, because of the management row affecting learning in the school located in the Nyali suburb.'We fail to understand who we should run to as parents, because Trustees are there to represent our interests,' he stated. 'There is an issue in the School yet no single trustee has come out to clarify or explain to us what is going on.Meanwhile, Doroso Okemba, a parent, is requesting the Church to intervene to resolve the stalemate and address the parents' concerns.On the other hand, school learning was disrupted early this year due to parents storming to remove management Board, leading to a petition filed at Mombasa High Court, blocking new officials' office.The parents had elected a new Board of Management, to take over, but in a ruling dated May 23, 2024, Justice Olga Sewe of the Mombasa High Court, issued a Conservatory Order, baring the newly elected Board from taking over, pending hearing and ruling of the petition before the Court.'Pending the hearing and determination of the petition herein, a Conservatory Order suspending the Assumption of Office of the newly elected management Board of Mombasa Parents Club School, be and is hereby issued,' read the Order.Justice Sewe also ordered that the disputed election of the new Board conducted in March be referred to arbitration in accordance with the Club's constitution.'Pending such arbitration, the outgoing management board of Mombasa parents club/school shall continue to oversee the running of the club/school,' Justice Sewe ordered.Source: Kenya News Agency