Opposition leader Raila Odinga has today handed over a bus to Raila Education Centre in Kibra constituency in a momentous event marking the fulfilment of the long-awaited promise.
The bus has been acquired by area MP Peter Orero through the Constituency Development Fund.
It is set to benefit both the primary and secondary sections of the school.
Accompanied by National Assembly minority whip Opiyo Wandayi and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, Raila also presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for a new classroom block.
The delivery of the bus marks the realization of a dream that began 12 years ago.
The school principal expressed gratitude, recounting the initial attempt to acquire a bus over a decade ago.
“This is a great day for us. 12 years ago, the patron ordered for a bus to be bought for a school in the larger constituency...actually, a bus was bought and it was supposed to be for Raila educational centre,” said the school principal.
“But, then we did not have classrooms, we had brought down the building that hosted the secondary school and we declined the bus and that is the bus that Olympic School has today,” he added.
Education officials from the su county also attended the event.
Raila is expected to address the residents later after the event.
