Three months after the Controller of Budget (CoB), Margaret Nyakang'o, barred county governments from issuing bursaries, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has promised to intervene.
Speaking on Thursday, April 24, the deputy president affirmed that bursaries should be issued by as many leaders as possible, as learners belonged to both the county and national governments.
Therefore, he asserted that he would engage with the office of the CoB to escalate the matter. "Whether it comes from the Parliament, the office of the governor, or the Ministry of Education, bursaries should be given to learners because there is no child who belongs to the national government and another one to the county government," Kindiki stated.
Controller of budget, Mary Nyakang'o appears before the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee on February 22, 2023.
