State to review capitation disbursement glitch to schools

Mercy Osongo-KNA

The Government is working closely with schools that received low capitation to rectify the matter following a glitch in the disbursement of the funds. 

The Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Ogamba, during the inaugural graduation ceremony at Riragia Technical and Vocational College (TVC) in Marani Sub County, noted that there could have been an error in the schools that received Sh86 or Sh 84 and the Ministry is in touch with the affected schools to resolve the issue. 

  “Any head teacher or Principal who received resources that are far below what they expected should reach out to our teams from the Sub County and Ministry so that it can be sorted out,” Ogamba said. 

The CS pointed out that this was the first year the government had released the capitation for the second term in May as opposed to the previous years when the funds were disbursed later in the year

He assured the parents that the examination fees will be catered for by the government. The government released Sh21 billion as capitation to public schools. 

The disbursement of the funds to schools is usually conducted in three phases: 50 percent in term one, 30 percent in term two and 20 percent in term three.