President William Ruto on Thursday afternoon ordered Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba to convene a meeting with governors to restore bursary issuance in counties.
Speaking in Murang'a County, the Head of State instructed CS Ogamba and Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata to immediately hold a meeting with other governors and come up with an agreement on how bursaries will be issued in counties.
While giving the orders, Ruto criticised Controller of Budget, Margaret Nyakang'o, for allegedly opposing bursary issuance in the counties, terming her move as a retrogressive approach to derail basic education in Kenya.
Addressing the residents, the Head of State also pledged to support the county bursary programme, stating that there was no difference between bursaries issued by the national government and those given by the counties.
