Ruto promises to sort out funding in education sector
By Mustafa Juma, November 19, 2024
President William Ruto has promised to sort out funding issues in the education sector and provide clarity on the education of Kenya’s children.
Speaking at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, during the signing of the performance contracts by the Cabinet, President Ruto stated that the country has for a very long time not thought with clarity about the country’s education and funding.
Transformative pathway
The Head of State said that the country is in a very pivotal moment, as the government has taken on a transformative pathway to reform the education sector.
“We are in a very pivotal moment. We have taken on a transformative pathway. We have taken on very difficult assignments. For a very long time, close to 15 years, we haven’t thought with clarity about our education and the funding of our education. We have decided this time round to bite the bullet and sort out the funding in our education sector and provide clarity on the education of our children,” Ruto stated.
President Ruto: We are in a very pivotal moment. We have taken on a transformative pathway. We have decided this time round to bite the bullet and sort out the funding in our education sector.#K24Siasa pic.twitter.com/39NTC4zExm
— K24 TV (@K24Tv) November 19, 2024
Ruto also took to his official X account to reassure that he would sort out the sticky issues that have derailed Kenya’s transformation.
“There is no room for delay or failure to make Kenya thrive. We will bite the bullet and sort out the sticky issues that have derailed our transformation. That is why we are building synergies that will deliver — on scale and with urgency — on our commitments,” Ruto stated.
There is no room for delay or failure to make Kenya thrive. We will bite the bullet and sort out the sticky issues that have derailed our transformation.
— William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) November 19, 2024
That is why we are building synergies that will deliver — on scale and with urgency — on our commitments.
At State House,… pic.twitter.com/zs1yfs5Gv8
Opposition slams Ruto
Ruto’s remarks come days after Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua, former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi, former Makueni County Governor Kivutha Kibwana and former Mukurweini Constituency Member of Parliament Kabando Wa Kabando hit out at his regime over crisis facing the education sector.
In a press conference held on Thursday, November 14, 2024, Karua and her counterparts said the President Ruto regime is playing with fire in the systematic destruction of education at all levels.
They argued that the Kenya Kwanza administration is driving learning to the brink of collapse with catastrophic consequences for a whole generation of the country’s youth.
“The government of President Ruto is playing with fire in the systematic destruction of education at all levels.
“Through a cacophony of ill-conceived reform, betrayal of election promises, contempt of court rulings, intimidation of critics as its modus operandi in public universities, disregard of CBAs it has entered with lecturers, and an arrogant disregard for the extreme impact of its actions and omissions on learners from poor backgrounds, this government is driving learning to the brink of collapse with catastrophic consequences for a whole generation of our youth,” they stated.
PRESS STATEMENT:
— Martha Karua SC (@MarthaKarua) November 14, 2024
Crisis in the education sector: The Ruto Regime is mortgaging the future of children and youth in Kenya
The Ruto Regime is playing with fire in a systematic destruction of education at all levels. Through the cacophony of ill conceived reform, betrayal of… pic.twitter.com/2fLGWwLqNP