The Kenyan government has affirmed that its free primary and secondary education policy remains in place, countering claims of its discontinuation. Basic Education PS Julius Bitok stated that Parliament would be lobbied to increase the education budget to address funding deficits.

• The Ministry's budget allocation for the current financial year is a historical Ksh702 Billion.
• PS Bitok defended Treasury CS John Mbadi's comments as misinterpreted, emphasizing the need for parliamentary collaboration on funding.
• A new system, Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS), will replace NEMIS to improve capitation distribution accuracy.

Kenya's National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has criticized Parliament for consistently underfunding school capitation, stating that lawmakers approve education budgets that are insufficient to meet the actual needs of learners. He emphasized that the Treasury fully disburses all allocated funds, but the problem lies in the inadequacy of the allocations themselves, not a failure to release the money.

• The government's policy target is Sh22,000 per student in public day secondary schools, but the current budget per learner is only about Sh17,000.
• John Mbadi, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, proposed repurposing part of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), specifically 40 percent of its Sh21 billion bursary allocation, to supplement capitation.
• Mbadi noted that Parliament had reduced the capitation amount proposed by the Treasury in the latest budget.