By Denis Lumiti
The Kakamega County Government has released Ksh. 120 Million towards bursaries for bright but needy students who were out school.
Speaking in Kakamega town when he held a meeting with a group of professionals from Shinyalu Constituency, Deputy Governor (DG) Ayub Savula said that each of the sixty wards in the county had received Ksh. 2 Million.
Savula said the cash had been secured from the county coffers courtesy of a supplementary budget and that the funds would be disbursed by bursary committees chaired by Ward administrators under close supervision of the respective MCAs.
“This amount is meant to cushion the dire situation and aid the children to at least go back to class,” he said.
The DG said that he would ensure that the funds were prudently utilized so as to only be disbursed to deserving cases.
“This does not offer an opportunity to the MCAs and county staff to reward their cronies while overlooking the deserving cases. We have put measures in place to make sure there is no nepotism, favouritism or pilferage,” Savula said.
Savula reiterated that they would fully implement a scheme of service for Early Childhood Development Education teachers.
He said the scheme of service would improve the pay and welfare of the ECDE teachers with the lowest earner being paid Ksh. 28,000 per month.
“We shall hire teachers aged 45 and below on permanent and pensionable terms while those aged over 45 will be hired on renewable contracts,” he added.
