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"speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members. On 6th June, Hon. Omboko Milemba sought a Statement regarding the non-payment of teachers across the country recruited by schools Boards of Management (BOM); namely, BOM teachers. He also sought, among other things, to clarification on the following: (a) What is the full budget of co-curricular activities that includes music, sports, games and drama? (b) What amounts have been refunded to the Ministry as per the circular MOEACC135 VOLUME5 190 and how much was used and for what purpose given that schools closed early before the activities took off? The Cabinet Secretary made a Statement and I want to skim through it because it is long. I will table it, so that Hon. Omboko and other Members can look at its details. The co-curricular budget for Financial Year 2019/2020 that caters for co-curricular activities such as music, sports games and drama is as stipulated below. The Cabinet Secretary has given the budget. He says that for co-curricular activities, it was Kshs767 million; Free Primary Education (FPE) and Free Day Secondary School activities is Kshs2,095,068,615. The total expenditure for co-curricular activities is Kshs2,862,068,615. On the issue of the circular, a total of Kshs725,325,990 was refunded as at 12th June 2020 to the Ministry as per the circular that I quoted earlier on. The funds were then used as indicated on the table below. That is the money that was refunded. That is what the Member was asking about. The Cabinet Secretary has given a long table. It has the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) that used Kshs353,771,892 for the fourth quarter grants; the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE), Kshs49 million; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Kshs73 million, and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), Kshs44 million. The sub-total there is Kshs520 million. Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) also received part of these refunded funds. For example, Aberdare TTC got Kshs2 million for the fourth quarter grants; Asumbi TTC, Kshs4,000,654; Baringo TTC, Kshs3,665,000; Bondo TTC, Kshs2,000,992 for the fourth quarter, and Borabu TTC, Kshs2,270,000. The list goes on and on. The total is Kshs105,125,000. On Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holders, Sub-County Directors of Education got Kshs38 million; Regional Directors of Education got Kshs927,000, and County Directors of Education got Kshs55 million. Hon. Omboko also sought to know what measures the Ministry is putting in place to ensure that workers and teachers employed by BOMs are continuously paid during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hon. Members know well that these are young men and women who are dependent on these meagre salaries. The funds that the Ministry disbursed to public primary and secondary schools and TTCs are not inclusive of BOM employed teachers’ salaries. This is mainly because The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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