Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has raised concerns over the Ministry of Education’s perpetual delays in releasing funds meant for education to schools.
KUPPET Busia County officials led by county chairperson Charles Mukhwana have lamented that the delay has greatly affected learning and other co-curricular activities in schools.
“The government has created a habit of not sending money to schools on time, and this has caused much damage to our schools,” he said.
Addressing journalists in Busia town, the officials gave an example of secondary school games that are always delayed or conducted poorly due to a lack of funds.
“Each year, school games face a lot of challenges, including delaying kickoff due to a lack of funds. This has impacted negatively on the talents of our learners,” he added.
They have also accused the Busia County Director of Education, James Ekalio, of showing little interest in school games
“The director doesn’t attend the games despite him being a key partner. But during budgeting for the games, he is ever present.”
This year’s term one championships, which took place last week at St Matthias Secondary School in Busia town and St Mary’s High School Mundika, were delayed for several hours due to a standoff between officials concerning payments.
A similar scenario was witnessed last year during the county term two secondary school games held at St. Mathias Secondary School, where match officials staged a sit-in in the pitches demanding proper and timely payment.
By Charles Ouma
