2022 EXAMINERS TO BE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu says the government will pay dues owed to the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) examiners in the 2022 exams, starting this week.

Speaking on Saturday during Education Day by area MP Gitonga Mukunji at Kangaru School in Manyatta Constituency, Embu County, the CS said Ksh.2 billion has been set aside to ensure that KNEC examiners, contracted officials and suppliers’ debt is cleared.

Machogu said moving forward, his ministry will prioritize prompt payment to examiners to ensure no such delays will be experienced again.

“Our teachers, we were late in payment of 2022 national exams markers, but now, we have received 2 billion from President William Ruto and as from next week I will pay all of them,” said CS Machogu.

Additionally, CS Machogu said they had from last week started paying contractors who undertook construction of Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) classes their dues which had mounted to Ksh.2.5 billion.

He further added that the ministry will be employing 25,000 teachers this financial year being an addition to the 30,000 employed last year to reduce student-teacher ratio.

“We have also for the first time in many years been able to employ 36,000 teachers last financial year. This year alone the government will employ 24,000 teachers, a number that we’ve not had for a long time this is because the president is able to recognize that we need to have enough teachers for proper quality teaching to go on,” the Education CS added.

Manyatta Member of Parliament Gitonga Mukunji and other leaders who were in attendance hailed the programme saying that it will be a game-changer in shaping future career paths of the young minds.

Whitney Akunga