The government has announced that it will release Sh48.8 billion capitation to schools next week, urging learning institutions to be patient and stop panicking over delayed disbursements Speaking in Kakamega County during the tour at Savonah Water Project in Shitaho Community in Shinyalu Constituency in the company of Governor Fernandes Barasa, Cabinet Secretary for Treasury John Mbadi dismissed claims that education is under crisis due to the delay in disbursement of capitation while assuring schools that the National Treasury will release money to schools by next week. "Today and yesterday i have seen many stories in the Media that our education system is facing challenges because capitation has not been released, the reason why we have not released capitation is because this month we were to pay Sh70billion to foreign borrowers which have now completed and settled," said Mbadi.
He added, " Next week we will be releasing Sh48.8billion to schools as capitation money which is 50 percent of the entire year budget and therefore i want to tell our schools managers, school heads, and teachers not to panic because the national Treasury will release capitation money next week." CS Mbadi said education is a very critical sector that needs maximum attention. "We need to fund our education because we 5believe our education system is a critical and important social function," said Mbadi.
Mbadi's assurance comes barely a week after schools opened for the first term.
Secondary school heads have reported that the learning institutions were heading for financial crises as they opened their doors to 1.4 million learners joining Form One.
