The Government, through spokesperson Isaac Mwaura, announced that Ksh14 billion more capitation funds were released for disbursement following an uproar among school principals over delays.
In a statement on Thursday, Mwaura stated that the money released on Wednesday, January 29, would be disbursed today (Thursday, January 30) to school accounts and hit schools' bank accounts by Friday. "The National Treasury on Wednesday released Ksh14 billion more towards the school capitation and will be disbursed by today to school accounts.
KCB account holders will access it today and the rest by tomorrow," part of the statement read.
In addition to this disbursement, he stated that Ksh19 billion was released last week bringing the total amount sent to schools so far to Ksh33 billion.
