Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (Kessha) chairman Kahi Indimuli has asked the Ministry of Education to release second term funds.
Indimuli cited a number of reasons for demanding the release of the funds including schools struggling to meet their monthly obligations.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) for Education Zachary Kinuthia acknowledged seeing the reports but offered not to comment on the matter.
Schools have suffered the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic since President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered their closure back in March.
Most of the teachers and non-teaching staff who include matrons, cooks, watchmen, drivers and nurses have been placed on unpaid leave.
Indimuli noted that the funds had previously been budgeted for and should be released with schools needing the money for maintenance.
"It should not be assumed that schools have no bills to settle when learners are at home. The money for schools was budgeted for and it should have been released by now.
"The classrooms, offices, dormitories, laboratories, dining halls and other buildings need to be cleaned too. Those who do these jobs need to be paid," explained Indimuli.
The Kessha chairman also noted that some of the schools marked as Covid-19 quarantine centres spent huge amounts of money in the program.
It is estimated that 359 schools countrywide were used as quarantine centres before the government pulled a plug on the program.
Indimuli had previously stated that parents have the obligation to clear fees arrears for their children to cover the period they were in school.
