The National Assembly Committee on Education, during an oversight visit to the Kenya School of TVET (KSTVET) in Gigiri, put the institution’s leadership on the spot over its missing title deed.
Committee Members led by Julius Melly engaged pointed out the status of the institutional land’s ownership documents, with the documents scrutinized by the Committee revealed that the Title Deed was collected by the Ministry of Education on September 9, 2016, and despite repeated efforts, the institution has been unable to recover it to date.
The Kenya School of TVET CEO Dr. Edwin Tarno, however, informed the lawmakers that the Parliamentary Public Investment Committee had previously recommended the Title Deed be reverted to the School, a directive that has yet to be affected.
“We shall invite the Ministry of Education and other relevant agencies on this matter,” said the Committee Chair, Melly.
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The Committee also scrutinised the school’s progress in transitioning to a State Corporation, a status granted by Legal Order Number 123 of 2022 and Executive Order Number 1 of 2023. KSTVET stressed the urgent need for the transfer of trainers and their salaries budget from the State Department for TVET to the School to fully operationalise its new corporate status and meet the required enhanced staff salaries.
Dr.Tarno, however decried myriad of challenges straining the institution, including the suspension of operational grants by the Government, which has adversely affected essential services like trainee assessment and facility maintenance, a trainer shortage of 115 trainers against a recommended establishment of 193 exacerbated by the payroll remaining under the State Department for TVET and the lack of adequate and up-to-date training equipment
By Juma Ndigo
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