The Nairobi County government has launched a Ksh170 million scholarship drive for secondary schools across the county.
The programme, which was launched by Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Thursday, January 8, is set to benefit 4,000 learners across the county in the first phase.
“I want to thank the Controller of Budget for working with the Ministry of Education and the Council of Governors to resolve the impasse that existed last year and to anchor scholarships within the law,” Sakaja said.
According to the CECM for Talents, Skills Development and Care, Brian Mulama, the programme will be pivotal in easing the burden of school fees on parents, as well as unlocking the academic potential of children who lacked education due to financial constraints.
“This programme will go a long way in supporting learners and easing the financial burden on parents, ensuring that talented children can remain in school and focus on their education,” Mulama said.
Acknowledging the infrastructural gap in Nairobi schools, Sakaja said that the county government, in collaboration with the national government, is fast-tracking efforts to build 6,500 classrooms to ease congestion in schools.
Sakaja also highlighted that over the past two years, his administration has invested Ksh1.8 billion to strengthen the county’s education sector.
Sakaja further affirmed that the county government will remain committed to ensuring that more learners benefit from the Dishi na County school feeding programme to ensure improved school attendance and increased enrolment.
Last year, the county government said that it had already kick-started the process of making the feeding programme permanent, which has so far provided 68 million meals to learners.
In a notice dated September 25, the county government said that if the School Feeding Policy (2025 sails through, every child learning in a Nairobi public institution will receive safe and nutritious meals daily, which will improve education, health, and social protection outcomes.
The Dishi na County model, which was introduced in mid-2023, is designed to be accessible to all students, where all parents pay a nominal fee of Ksh5, facilitated through a Tap2Eat payment system embedded in a digital Near Field Communication (NFC) watch.
In the financial year 2023/24, the Nairobi County Government spent Sh1.7 billion to support the programme, with an additional Ksh400 million allocated in the 2024/25 supplementary budget.
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