Five months after Nairobi City County Assembly MCAs passed the 2023/24 Budget, the county government is on the spot over delayed disbursement of bursary funds.

Through a motion tabled by Kayole Central MCA Jeremiah Themendu, the Ward Reps accused Governor Johnston Sakaja of reneging on his promises.

Themendu lamented that some learners had dropped out of school due to lack of school fees.
In the budget of 2023/24 Financial Year, Nairobi county increased the bursary allocation from Sh3 million per ward to Sh7 million.

“Despite the commitment by the County Executive, bursary cheques have not been released and the county government is not saying anything,” Woodley Kenyatta Golf Course MCA Davidson Ngibuini said.

Mismanagement
“We cannot say that this great city is working because we are not taking our children to school. It is a sad state of affairs considering that money is being collected every day,” Ngibuini added.

The MCAs linked delays in releasing bursary money to alleged mismanagement of finances at City Hall.
“Nairobi County declared that it collected Sh10.6 billion in the last financial year. If this is divided by 365 days in a year, the county collected about Sh29 million per day,” Ngibuini said.

He added: “Our bursaries is Sh7 million per ward. If you multiply that by the 85 wards, you get about Sh595 million, money that will take the county government just 20 days to raise.”