By Andanje Wakhungu
Shamberere Technical Training Institute (STTI) has received over 100 beneficiaries of an MCA’s sponsorship programme.
Kevin Mahelo, Butali Chegulo ward’s MCA partnered with the institute to pay for the students enrolment fees among other necessities through his sponsorship programme dubbed ‘Operation Twende TTI’.
Speaking during handing over of the beneficiaries, Mr. Mahelo said the sponsorship programme came to being after he realized that many young people stayed at home due to lack of school fees despite the government’s offer to pay for them a total of Ksh.30,000 out of the total Ksh.56,000.
He expressed his intentions to alleviate illiteracy in his ward stating that an educated society was as an empowered one.
The MCA noted that for a society to grow, young people needed to get education hence targeting needy Class 8 and Form 4 students from his ward to be enrolled at the institute to pursue technical courses.
Speaking after receiving the students at the institute, the Principal Judith Akaranga assured them that the institute had sufficient resources and they would greatly benefit from the programmes offered.
