The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT)’s Bungoma East branch has warned that schools across the country are at risk of closure because of delayed capitation. Oh, dear!
“The situation is pathetic,” said Aggrey Namisi, the Executive Secretary in the branch. He added that while some schools have not received capitation monies at all, or others have received way below their expectations. This is causing so much headache to schoolheads trying to crack the whips.
Namisi continued to say that if, for anything, the state does not move with speed and release the much-needed capitation among schools before time, then that would mean “learning in schools will come to a grinding halt.” Blitz! We definitely wouldn’t want that to happen.
As the mid-term break comes to an end and our little ones prepare to head back to school, Namisi has strongly recommended to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Education, Ezekiel Mochogu, to make sure the funds are dispatched quickly to the schools.
The Bungoma East Union chairman, Robert Mandila, has a message to our youth. He warns them against allowing themselves to be misused as a political tool. According to him, some politicians in the same parish are inciting residents to frustrate and lock out school headteachers from their schools.
Mandila warned this after several incidences that have been witnessed in the region where school heads have been cornered. Recently, Vincent Oduor, the poor Manafwa Primary School head, found himself locked outside by parents because some candidates’ names were missing from the KNEC portal.