It is a huge boost for some 300 students in Siaya County after the Woman Representative Dr Christine Ombaka announced they will benefit from KSh4.8 million bursary courtesy of the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF).
Ombaka, while speaking during the launch of the bursary fund at the Wagai Resource Centre in Gem Constituency, over the weekend said that the beneficiaries have been drawn from all the 30 wards in the county.
She revealed that each of the beneficiaries would have his or her education funded by the fund from Form One up to the higher education level.
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The Woman Rep called on the Members of Parliament (MPs) to allocate more money to the kitty as she termed the money that each student receives currently isn’t enough compared to the sum of money that they owe institutions in form of school fees especially those in Secondary Schools.
“I am taking this opportunity to continue appealing to my colleagues in Parliament to add more allocation to NGAAF because we are touching the hearts of everybody. The school fee that we pay is KSh10, 000 per child which is not enough and many students have huge balances,” she said.
At the same time, Siaya NGAAF coordinator Nancy Okademi said that the county is committed to ensure that the learners get education as it their right so that they can elevate their families in the future.
By Vostine Ratemo
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