Senator Cherargei Demands Senate Probe into Trader Evictions and Sports Discrimination
Cherargey demanded immediate action from the Ministry of Education, urging them to hold responsible officials accountable for violating students’ rights.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargey. Photo/Parliament of Kenya.
By Robert Assad
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has launched a scathing attack against the Nandi County Government and the national Ministry of Education, demanding answers over the recent demolition of trader stalls and the continued discrimination of students in school sports.
Speaking during a Senate session, Cherargei questioned the legality and ethics of demolitions that displaced small-scale traders in Kapsabet without prior warning.
The Senator claimed that the traders had already paid their 2025 business licenses, making the move not only insensitive but economically harmful.
“I want to know why the Nandi County Government demolished stalls without prior notice, even after traders paid for their 2025 licenses,” Cherargei said. “This is not just a policy failure — it’s economic sabotage.”
He issued a formal statement request to the Senate Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization, urging them to investigate the circumstances around the demolitions.
Specifically, he questioned why displaced traders were relocated to ill-equipped markets lacking basic necessities like toilets and secure infrastructure.
The Senator also raised concerns about the demolition of Namgoi Trading Centre, lamenting the lack of alternative locations provided to affected vendors. He further called for compensation to be offered to the traders who, according to him, “lost their livelihoods overnight.”
“These people deserve dignity and justice,” he stressed.
In a separate but equally passionate address, Cherargei turned his attention to the education sector, decrying what he termed unconstitutional age restrictions in school sports competitions.
He criticized both the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) and the Kenya Primary Schools Sports Association (KPSSA) for continuing to bar learners above 19 in high school and over 14 in primary school from participating in sports events — despite a 2019 court ruling outlawing such exclusions.
“It is unconstitutional to bar students above 19 in high school and over 14 in primary school from sports competitions,” he said. “The court ruled on this in 2019, yet KSSSA and KPSSA continue to act in contempt.”
Cherargei demanded immediate action from the Ministry of Education, urging them to hold responsible officials accountable for violating students’ rights.
“These students are being denied opportunities due to outdated, illegal policies,” he said. “It must stop.”
The Senate is expected to deliberate further on both matters in upcoming sessions, with growing pressure on county and education officials to respond.
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