The National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) has released bursaries worth Sh55 million for education of needy students in Saku constituency.
And to enhance accountability, area MP Colonel (Rtd) Dido Raso has directed that every parent or guardian should collect the cheque for their children and ensure surrender of receipts issued by the respective schools to the local NG-CDF office.
Presiding over the issuance of the grants at the ACK St Peter's Mixed Secondary School in Sagante Location, Raso said the Kenya Kwanza government has strengthened the management of the fund in order to make it more effective under the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) by ensuring that the most vulnerable in society do not lack education. "The monies are meant to cater for the tuition of students from poor backgrounds who are in secondary schools, colleges and universities," said the MP adding that education was important in empowering the youth.
The legislator underlined the key role played by the fund in accelerating development across Kenya where not only tuition fees have been paid for deserving needy cases but also improvement and expansion of the infrastructure in schools, government offices, roads and provision of water.
