By Mathews Achola
Bumula Constituency MP Moses Mwambu Mabonga has committed to give the education sector top priority in funds distribution from the NG-CDF kitty.
Speaking at the Cardinal Otunga Techinical Training Institute during the official launch of the 2022 NG-CDF bursary scheme, Hon Mwambu noted that the funds will benefit students from humble backgrounds.
The MP hinted that at least each school will receive Ksh.100,000 on the minimum, urging school principals to minimize sending away students for lack of school fees.
He said once the Supplementary Budget is approved in Parliament, his office will improve the infrastructure of all the public primary and secondary schools.
“Bumula Constituency has a total of 48 public secondary schools with some still grappling with inadequate classrooms and other learning infrastructure like libraries and Science laboratories, so I shall continue uplifting them once funds are available in our accounts,” Mwambu stressed.
Present at the event was immediate former Bungoma County KUPPET official, who is gunning for the county’s woman representative, Mrs Rebecca Masibayi. She called upon parents to take advantage of the various government capitation initiatives like bursaries and HELB loans.
She challenged the youth in to join TVET institutions to gain industrial skills.
Kimaeti Sub-county Director of Education Mrs Christine Valentine Wafula urged schools principals to ensure their teachers continued to be dedicated in their work.
Mrs Wafula said that the Competency-Based Curriculum will be a success if full cooperation of all stakeholders in the education sector is realized.
She decried the increasing rates of school dropout especially among boys, saying parents should work together with teachers and the larger community to reduce the menace.
“Boys are an endangered lot if the current situation prevails,” Mrs Wafula noted.
The Bumula Sub-County Deputy County Commissioner Mrs. Hadiya Abdalla told learners to be disciplined as cases of unrest in schools escalate.
She noted that security is beefed up to ensure this years KCPE and KCSE candidates sit their national exams in a conducive environment, wishing them good luck and success.
Shee called on parents to provide guiding and counseling to their children during the upcoming long holidays and pray earnestly for them.
The Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) Bumula Branch chairman, also the principal of St Kizito Mayanja Secondary School Mr Mabonga Kong’ani, noted that 90% of schools in the area are day schools and hence the bursary kitty is a big boost as most NG-CDFs favoured boarding schools.
Mr Kong’ani added that principals should ensure that the KCSE exams were done with a high level of integrity.
Also present were KNUT officials Mr Walter Khaemba and Mrs Florence Nyangweso.
Captions; Photos one and Two_ Bumula Constituency Mp Hon Moses Mwambu Mabonga accompanied by the KESSHA Chair Mr Kong’ani Mabonga principal St Kizito Mayanja Secondary School dressed in a blue suit accompanied officially Launching the NG-CDF 2022 Bursaries at the Cardinal Otunga TTI grounds in Tulumba village ,South Bukusu Ward.
