Relief For Kenyan Schools As Treasury Disburses Capitation Funds
Education CS Julius Ogamba has urged school principals not to send students home due to capitation funds, claiming that the government has disbursed part of the Sh48 billion capitation to schools.
According to the CS, the Treasury issued Sh19 billion on Thursday and will disburse another Sh15 billion on Friday.
He admitted that the release of the monies was riddled with difficulties, but that they had subsequently been overcome.
“So we are in the process of completing that Sh48 billion in the next one or two weeks to ensure that all our schools have got their resources so we are asking headteachers not to send children home because the funds are on the way to their accounts,” Ogamba said.
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He spoke on Thursday at St Charles Lwanga Junior School in Mombasa, where students were enrolled in the Social Health Authority (SHA).
Ogamba was accompanied by Moses Kuria, Senior Adviser to the Council of Economic Advisors, at State House.
“Those who have accounts in KCB I think they have already received capitation for JSS and primary school,” the CS added.
The Kenya Primary Heads Association expressed concern a week ago that schools may be unable to keep students in institutions if capitation were delayed any further.
Meanwhile, Ogamba emphasized that the government was doing everything possible to guarantee that learning continued uninterrupted in all basic education institutions, particularly junior schools.
He stated that 76,000 teachers have already been employed to manage the classes, while others have had their abilities retooled to meet the demands of the junior school curriculum.
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“We have ensured that in each JSS school, there are a number of teachers capable of ensuring learning is going on. We also provided books, for example in this school (St Charles Lwanga) books for each subject have arrived.”
Speaking at Mrima in Likoni during the SHA registration, Kuria urged parents to register with SHA and identify their children as beneficiaries to guarantee they receive medical attention if they become ill.
“SHA is like harambee, I personally pay Sh27,000 meaning there’s someone somewhere who I don’t even know who’s getting treated because I paid,” Kuria said.
“You no longer need to call harambees of only people known to you, we are all now contributors.”
Relief For Kenyan Schools As Treasury Disburses Capitation Funds
