Goons apprehended at Nairobi's Highway Secondary School amidst ongoing land dispute with developer

"What shocked us today is that these goons did not come here with any documents to justify their claims. They were also not in the company of any police officers; they just came here to destroy the school's property," Nyongesa Wandambusi, Deputy Principal Highway Secondary School, told Citizen TV.

"We are grateful to the policemen who were able to diffuse the situation and are appealing to the security agencies to protect us."

The land tussle between the school and the private developer has persisted for close to a year.

The private developer claims to have the title deed to the piece of land with the school on the other hand maintaining it was allocated the land by the government in 1974.

In May this year, students at the school joined the board of management of the school in demonstrations against what they termed as threats from the private developer to encroach on the institution's land.