Digitization to streamline disbursement of school capitation funds – Mudavadi

Mudavadi said once the process is completed, it will help closely monitor the flow and use of funds disbursed to schools across the country for proper utilisation.

“We have reports of funds meant for capitation having been misappropriated in certain circumstances, with the dailies reporting an estimated 2 billion shillings having been misused,” Mudavadi regretted.

Mudavadi said officials in the education sector, similar to other sectors, must be accountable as the government is putting in place structures to monitor up to the last cent and the last person at the lowest cadre of the disbursement chain.

He said the government, through collaboration of the Ministry of ICT and the Ministry of Education, will ensure the digitization is completed in good time.

“The government is putting in place a budget of around Ksh 600 billion to fund the education sector. We want to relook at the whole process of disbursement and audit, where the 600 billion go to and what the funds support, because we want to organize it better,” noted Mudavadi.

“We also understand the difficulties our children in universities and other institutions of higher learning are facing, and many can’t even afford a meal. We are working to ensure all our children who deserve to be at the university can benefit from government support and even afford to have a decent meal,” Mudavadi said.

The digitization process involves transitioning from manual processes to digital platforms, potentially utilizing the eCitizen portal and other digital payment systems.

“Na ndio mliona wengine wakati rais alisema let us digitize capitation wakaanza kupiga kelele kwa sababu wanataka manual ndio wazidi kupora raslimali zinazihitajika kwa wanafunzi wetu. We will not allow this we must move forward and use technology and ensure that resources get to the people who are required.” regretted Mudavadi.

The Prime CS said moving into the future, public resources will only be utilized for the intended purposes.

The disbursement of the funds to schools is usually conducted in three phases: 50 percent in term one, 30 percent in term two and 20 percent in term three.