The government has broken its silence on the ongoing standoff over bursary allocations by county governments following a directive from the Controller of Budget (CoB), Margaret Nyakang'o, barring county governors from distributing bursaries to students nationwide.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, while speaking during the Social Health Authority registration tour in Mombasa on Thursday, revealed that the government was engaging with CoB to find a solution.
According to Ogamba, the negotiations will seek to address how the issue could be amicably solved so that the learning of thousands of learners who depend on the allocations is not impacted. ''With respect to the issue of bursaries of counties visa vis the students they support, this issue with respect to the Controller of Budget is being and soon will get a win-win solution for that challenge,'' Ogamba stated.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba during a stakeholders forum at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in Nairobi on December 19, 2024.
