A fresh row has erupted between Nyali Mp Mohammed Ali and the County government of Mombasa over the rehabilitation of the Frere Town Primary School grounds.

On Thursday, Ali kicked off the rehabilitation of the famous grounds before the county government through inspectorate officers moved in to stop him from proceeding with his plan.

Addressing the media on Saturday, Mombasa County Youth and Sport Chief Officer, Innocent Mugabe said they are the rightful trustees of all public grounds in the county and no one is allowed to rehabilitate or develop them without their approval.

"Mombasa County government is the trustee of this land and it  belongs to the Frere Town community. Anyone who purpots to be rehabilitating this ground without our permission is tresspassing and we will not allow that " said Mugabe.

Mugabe said the county government is planning to upgrade the ground to Fifa standards at a cost of sh10 million.

"This is phase two of the project, in the first phase we erected the goal postsn we will now be levelling the ground and fencing it  using a plastic-coated chain link that is not affected by rust and planting of grass"

Speaking to this blog (Ommy Dallah), the area Mp Mohammed Ali said the ground belongs to the school and it's the school management that approached him to rehabilitate it.

"The school management approached me not once or twice saying they want a perimetre wall and rehabilitation of the ground so as to safeguard the students from drug addicts who are usually at the ground. Before we do any project we carry out a public particiaption exercise which we did. This is a project that will also help our youth." said Ali.

Adding " As a member of parliament it is my responbility to uplift the standards of the schools in my constituency and ensure that our students are in a safe environment and that is what I was simply doing. Education is not devolved,I have all the documents to prove that the ground belongs to the school."

Ali accussed the county government of trying to sabotage his developement projects for political reasons.

Ali Charged "This is purely politics, it is not the first time that they are sabotaging my project. This is a school ground that we are rehabilitating, we are not constructing a stadium. Let them first go and finish constructing the Mombasa stadium."

The Mp further vowed to proceed with his plan.

"Nothing will stop me from serving my constituents, I will definitely continue with my plan."