Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has announced that schools will receive capitation funds by Friday, June 9, 2023.
While answering questions on Wednesday from Members of Parliament, Machogu said that there was a delay in the disbursement of funds.
“I would like to inform all the MPs here that capitation funds which are the tune of Sh28 billion, the treasury was supposed to have given the funds before Friday last week but there was a delay,” Machogu said.
Machogu said he has liaised with the Treasury to release the funds since the issue is not only concerning him but the entire country.
“And I wish to report to the honourable members and the country as a whole that indeed he has confirmed that by tomorrow, the funds will be in the ministry and then thereafter, we will be able to disburse the same to all the schools countrywide,” Machogu said.
“And I hope by Friday of this week our schools will be able to receive capitation funds... We are sorry for the delay but by the end of the week, the money should be in the accounts of the schools.”
This comes after school heads came out to complain that they are struggling to keep learners in school due to the high prices of commodities and delays in the release of capitation funds.
Headteachers and principals called on the government to disburse school capitation funds or else the institutions will be forced to close down.
They said the government urgently needs to intervene in the ongoing situation as they are now forced to buy supplies on credit due to a shortage of cash.
