A total of 77 students who gained entry into universities in the recently released KCSE 2024 examination results have been assured support by the Ugenya National Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF) in bursaries to pursue higher learning.
These students are part of 80 scholarship beneficiaries from 2024 who were being supported by the constituency bursary scheme under the MP for Ugenya, David Ochieng.
The cost, according to the constituency manager, Sylvester Wire, stands at Sh15 million that has helped support these students from disadvantaged backgrounds across the entire constituency in ensuring bright students from such backgrounds are assisted in living up to their full potential.
Wire also called on those tasked with the duty of identifying students who need assistance not to politicise the exercise and instead work based on the backgrounds and merit of those identified, adding that education should not be politicized at the expense of future generations.
