By Malachi Motano
Education CS Prof. George Magoha visited top 2020 KCPE performers in Mombasa slums
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha has promised scholarships to 2020 KCPE top performers who live in the informal settlements in Mombasa.
The CS toured Mombasa on Monday, June 21, to identify the needy but top 2020 KCPE achievers who will benefit from the Equity Elimu scholarship programme.
He visited a number of informal settlements, including Bangladesh, where he met the prospective beneficiaries of the programme.
CS Magoha in an informal settlement in Mombasa
The CS said the process of awarding the scholarship would be transparent to ensure that the most deserving scholars are the ones who benefit.
“I want to assure you that Equity bank has used a formula that is incorruptible. They looked at the areas’ original population, the number of applicants before getting a large cohort of children, anyone cheating by short changing the beneficiaries shall be caught,” the CS told journalists.
In Mombasa, Equity had identified more than 350 needy students who were subjected to interviews. Only 62 succeeded in securing the scholarship
