Baitul Hikma Int’ School Faces Closure over Illegal Operation in Parklands

Baitul Hikma Integrated, an international school situated along City Park Drive is likely to be shutdown by various government agencies for illegal and irregular development and learning activities.

The school offering Cambridge Curriculum and founded on Islamic foundation has been accused of flouting the law by operating in the residential area without approval from the respective authorities.

The whistleblowers contacted the national construction authority over development of a two storey building irregularly and without approval to accommodated the learners.

The county government, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the water resources authority have also been addressed over the matter.

This has led to massive arrests of the school administration personnel this week halting learning activities in the institution.

The school is set up between residential houses along Taza Lane. Our investigations during a tour visit at the school shows that there is no any visible playing ground for pupils.

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It also operates on a piece of land less than ¼ an acre, the reason for the illegal construction of a swimming pool on Mathare River.

Some children aged 10 years and below are now being accommodated as boarders in the school which has no approved learning facilities.

It is believed the license to operate the school was given on the influence of a sitting Nominated Member of Parliament whose father is a relative and a close friend of Nairobi Members of County Assembly Fuad Hussein and his South C counterpart Abass Khalif.

A sitting Cabinet Secretary reportedly influenced the decision as well.