Education cabinet secretary George Magoha has ordered school heads to immediately recall learners who were sent home due to school fee challenges.

He said school heads should no longer complain about money as the government disbursed funds this week.

Magoha was speaking during a press briefing at Hospital Hill High School in Nairobi.

“We want to strongly urge principals to stop sending pupils home for money. They can at least give parents a few more days to sort themselves out,” he said.

Magoha however, singled out Nyandarua county saying there are reports that most learners were sent home.

“I am aware that in Nyandarua there has been a massive removal of children from school. Those children must be returned to school, immediately,” he said.

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The CS also asked school heads to negotiate with parents as students continue staying in school.

“Let’s be sensitive to parents and give them time because even the month has not ended,” he said.

Magoha had previously said the Treasury disburses funds at the beginning of the school term.

He had said the government disbursed the capitation fund in April.

The CS had told teachers to focus on their duties and utilise public funds prudently to achieve the objectives.

“It’s good to say the truth so that you don’t misinform people. We issued the money at the beginning of the current term,” Magoha said.

The CS said Sh16.9 billion has been disbursed to schools.

He said Sh14.2 billion is for secondary schools while the remaining Sh2.7 billion is for primary schools.

School principals had raised concern with the CS warning them against sending students home, yet they have no money.

“We are asked to retain learners in school but how will they eat? How are we expected to pay workers, yet we don’t have money?” a principal who sought anonymity said.

Hospital Hill High School principal Ken Bunyasi confirmed to the CS that most institutions had received the funds.

“Most school heads started receiving the funds in their accounts yesterday,” he said.

Three school principals who were contacted by the Star confirmed that they had also received the funds.

“My school received the funds yesterday and we are grateful. I can confirm that the money is already in our account,” a principal from Bomet said.

Another principal of an extra county school in Nairobi also confirmed that the money had been deposited in the school account.

“We are grateful that finally the money has been sent to our school accounts, we can now run errands successfully in school,” she said.

An official from the Ministry of Education is on the spot after the Ethic and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) alleged that he diverted Sh11.1 million meant for free education to his personal bank account.

The revelation came out after an inquiry by the anti-graft agency following reports of misappropriation of public funds in the State Department of Early Learning and Basic Education.

EACC claims the said employee inserted the name of a non-existent secondary school named Mundeku Secondary school in Khwisero Sub-County, Kakamega county into the final list of the funds distribution schedule and used his personal account to channel the funds.

In their investigations, EACC established that the official prepared the funds distribution schedule which included the number of students in each school, the bank account details and the amount each school would receive based on the enrollment data.

“Investigations established that the said employee inserted the non-existent Mundeku Secondary School into the funds distribution schedule, and linked his Equity Bank account number as the Mundeku Secondary School’s bank account. He later received Shs 11,131,305.53 from the Ministry out of this arrangement,” reads the notice from EACC.

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On 3rd March 2022,EACC forwarded a compiled report to the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP) with recommendations to charge the Ministry of Education official with the following offences: one count of abuse of office contrary to section 46,one count of deceiving principal contrary to section 41(2);one count of fraudulent acquisition of public property contrary to section 45(1); one (1) count of dealing with suspect property contrary to section 47(1)all as read together with section 48 of the ACECA and one(1) count of forgery contrary to section 349 of the Penal Code.