Group demands list of scholarship beneficiaries

Civil society organisations in Homa Bay have petitioned the county government to publicise the list of beneficiaries of its scholarship program to enhance accountability.

The lobby groups want the administration’s department of education to make public the names of the beneficiaries of Governor Gladys Wanga’s Fins to Swim scholarship program as a way of ensuring public funds are properly accounted for.

They argued that the program is funded courtesy of taxpayers’ money hence the need for the public to understand the process of picking the beneficiaries and how the funds will be utilised.

Under the scholarship kitty, Homa Bay government allocated Sh30 million for paying school fees for 275 students joining Form One this year.

Governor Wanga said at least six beneficiaries were selected from every ward. The selected students will have their secondary school fee paid in full until they transit to the universities.