Meru Assembly Deputy Speaker Elias Murega who is also Municipality MCA speaks in assembly in a past event.
By Rugendo Antony
Meru MCAs are facing pressure from residents over delayed bursaries.
This has prompted a section of MCAs to threaten to summon the County executive Committee for Education and Finance to explain the cause of the delay.
The ward representatives have issued a seven days ultimatum to the County Finance and Education executive to release the bursary funds.
“Most of the learners have been sent home yet this is a busy term where candidates are expecting KCSE and KCPE exams. We are calling upon the County Executive Committee Members for Education and Finance to release the bursaries,” Municipality MCA Elias Murega told media at Meru town on Tuesday.
Murega who is also the Meru assembly deputy speaker questioned the delay by the executive to release the bursary funds noting that the Assembly Education Committee played its role of passing the allocated bursaries.
“They should release the bursaries if the national treasury has already released its allocation to the County government and if not they should seek alternative ways of getting the funds,” Murega added.
Mr Murega blamed the executive for sabotaging the interests of residents noting that the delay has affected needy learners who depend on bursary adding that most of beneficiaries are learners who are orphans, those from single parents and others from vulnerable families.
The Municipality MCA complained that needy parents who have been depending on the bursaries to boost school fees for their children have become desperate and impatient hence blaming the ward representatives.
He lamented that they are receiving countless inquiries from residents over the delay that has marred remittance of bursary funds.
The Municipality MCA noted that his ward was expected to get Sh 3million, which would then be transferred to schools’ bank accounts.
Additionally, the MCA called on school heads to refrain from sending the learners home for fees as they pressure the County government to hasten the disbursement of the bursaries.
“We call on School heads to give us more time as we get that money released rather than send the learners home yet they are almost sitting for their exams,” Murega said.
According to Meru County Education Executive member Linner Nkirote the County government is awaiting for the money to be released by the National treasury.
“We completed our processes in December. We are hopeful that in the next few weeks it will be sorted,” Ms Nkirote said.
Last year Meru County government disbursed 141.9 million to aid in retaining over 43,000 needy & vulnerable students in schools. Speaking then Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi said his government has for the last three years disbursed over sh.432 Million bursary fund touching the lives of 141,981 learners. He however blasted the National Treasury over delayed disbarment of allocations of funds to the Counties noting that this has been frustrating various operations.
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