Mbadi Faults Parliament for Inadequate School Capitation Funding
According to current policy, the government is expected to allocate Sh22,000 per year for every student in public day secondary schools, Sh15,000 for junior secondary students, and Sh1,400 for those in primary school. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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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.
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