Friday January 5, 2024 - President William Ruto has bowed to Azimio Leader, Raila Odinga’s ultimatum to release funds for school capitation.
In a statement from State House Spokesperson, Hussein
Mohammed, it was reported that the National Treasury had released Ksh 31.34
billion in preparation for schools’ opening next week.
Ksh 4.74 billion of the total sum was disbursed to the State
Department for Basic Education towards the facilitation of free primary
education for Term 1.
Additionally, the State Department was further given Ksh 7.6
billion as capitation for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS).
Hussein Mohammed explained that the rest of the money would
be used for school examinations and invigilation fees (Ksh 2.8 billion) and
free day secondary education (Ksh 16.2 billion).
In his statement on Tuesday, Raila had accused Ruto of
managing the education sector through lies remarking that the total money
owed to schools from the Financial Year 2022/2023 was Ksh 18 billion.
"As schools await opening, head teachers are struggling
to meet the basic resourcing needs of their schools," Raila had
stated.
Raila further remarked that Ruto had lied to parents by
stating that the Kenya Kwanza administration had increased allocations to the
education sector and enhanced capitation for all learners.
"The Government must release all the monies owed to
schools. It must also release capitation at the approved rate of Ksh22,244 per
child for the financial year 2023/2024," Raila issued an ultimatum.
"We urge all Parents Teachers Associations and school
Boards of Management across the country to rise to the occasion and demand
full-end equitable sharing of education funding. We will support such
demands."
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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