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| A dummy cheque of Ksh.81,000,000 |
…on investment in education for Embu scholars and
the facilitation of entrepreneurship by youth in business.
In spite of ongoing court proceedings emanating from
a petition filed by 2017 election loser, former senator Lenny Kivuti, Governor
Wambora carries on with his development agenda undeterred. The highly intelligent leader
who has in the past wowed Kenyans by the sheer genius with which he overcomes
barriers to his vision, clearly recognizes that the best way to ensure future prosperity
for Embu County is investment in the younger generation. Since majority of the youth are either in
school or in business, bursaries for the learners and a revolving fund for the
business-minded is quite in order. This will see to it that in future, the
county will be full of well educated people to serve in the public service and
successful businessmen to develop the private sector.
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| Governor Wambora addresses the people when he issued the bursaries |
In this regard, the esteemed leader together with Assembly
Education Committee members and the County Education Support Fund Committee disbursed
some Ksh. 81 million in bursaries to 14,266 beneficiaries in Universities, Colleges, Vocational Training Centers, Secondary Schools and Special Schools through out the county. The exercise was
carried out through the Department of Education and Vocational Training on May
2, 2018. While profusely thanking all stakeholders in education, governor
Wambora gave a breakdown of the disbursement as follows:
1) Universities – Kshs.13,361,625
2) Secondary Schools – Kshs.42,959,453
3) Colleges – Kshs.10,070,000
4) Polytechnics – Kshs.6,793,902 and
5) Special Schools - Kshs.1,625,000
Chuka University and Kenyatta University were the highest beneficiaries with Kshs1,594,000 and Kshs.1,502,000. For Secondary schools, Gangara Secondary School in Mbeere North, St. Christopher Nembure and St. Benedicts Kithimu Day School in Manyatta topped with Kshs.885,000, Kshs.796,000 and Kshs.722,000 respectively.
The money
will go a long way in helping bright but needy students in their pursuit for
excellence.
The committee also considered a number of special cases, of which one was a needy nursing student who is a
total orphan and paid one full year fee at Kenya Medical Training College. The
student is a resident of Ruguru Ngandori Ward.
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| Governor Wambora gives out the bursary an exuberant beneficiary. looking on are County executives Dr. Jamleck Muturi (back, left) and Kariuki D. (back, right) |
Governor Wambora assured all that his government will embrace ICT in service
delivery; for the purpose of transparency, accuracy, generation of reports and availability
of necessary information to propel the county forward.
Apart from the bursaries, a further Ksh.21 million will be disbursed on May
14th and 15th 2018 to young entrepreneurs who had applied
for business funding through the Youth Trust Fund. This Ksh. 102,000,000 is
just a glimpse into the proper use of money by the current county
government. All those interested are invited to witness the disbursement, through
the open invitation letter below:
Look out for more updates on how County governments spend money, on this blog spot.
The
writer holds a Degree in Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance option; a budding Financial Consultant.
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