Knut Nairobi branch Executive Secretary Mugwe Macharia said schools in the city are struggling to settle debts.

Mr Macharia said many schools have been inconvenienced especially with the introduction of Nemis which he said had locked out many students.

“Many schools are struggling to settle huge debts that they have accumulated over the years and they need support from the government,” said the executive secretary.

A principal of a secondary school in Central Kenya said schools are in big trouble due to debts.

“Suppliers are selling goods to schools at a higher price since they believe that it will take a long time before they get back their money,” said the principal.

Principals also lamented that candidates are not paying fees since they are sure that they will sit for the examination and later get their certificates.

In Nakuru, Uhuru Secondary School principal Amos Gamba said the school was struggling with feeding its 900 students as some of the parents have refused to pay Sh4,000 lunch fees.

FEES GUIDELINES

In Nyeri, Othaya High School board chairperson Prof Wangari Mwai said that the school owed up to Sh10 million to suppliers in pending bills which had accumulated over the years.

Prof Mwai said that the new fees guidelines policy by the ministry had worked to their disadvantage.

In Muranga, Nginda Girls High School principal Jane Wanjiku said the school owes suppliers Sh6 million, forcing some to cut links with the institution.

In Kirinyaga County, Mr Ngari Muthang’ato, a school supplier lamented that secondary schools take too long to pay bills.

Mrs Anastasia Tirop, The Hill School Girls Eldoret principal, said they have been forced to reduce the number of students participating in activities such as games and sports. The school has a population of 561 students.

“In some cases, we stop allowing students to participate in certain activities which means that we might not get to know the talents of some of the students,” she added.

Knut Nairobi branch Executive Secretary Mugwe Macharia said schools in the city are struggling to settle debts.

Mr Macharia said many schools have been inconvenienced especially with the introduction of Nemis which he said had locked out many students.

“Many schools are struggling to settle huge debts that they have accumulated over the years and they need support from the government,” said the executive secretary.

A principal of a secondary school in Central Kenya said schools are in big trouble due to debts.

“Suppliers are selling goods to schools at a higher price since they believe that it will take a long time before they get back their money,” said the principal.

Principals also lamented that candidates are not paying fees since they are sure that they will sit for the examination and later get their certificates.

In Nakuru, Uhuru Secondary School principal Amos Gamba said the school was struggling with feeding its 900 students as some of the parents have refused to pay Sh4,000 lunch fees.

FEES GUIDELINES

In Nyeri, Othaya High School board chairperson Prof Wangari Mwai said that the school owed up to Sh10 million to suppliers in pending bills which had accumulated over the years.

Prof Mwai said that the new fees guidelines policy by the ministry had worked to their disadvantage.

In Muranga, Nginda Girls High School principal Jane Wanjiku said the school owes suppliers Sh6 million, forcing some to cut links with the institution.

In Kirinyaga County, Mr Ngari Muthang’ato, a school supplier lamented that secondary schools take too long to pay bills.

Mrs Anastasia Tirop, The Hill School Girls Eldoret principal, said they have been forced to reduce the number of students participating in activities such as games and sports. The school has a population of 561 students.

“In some cases, we stop allowing students to participate in certain activities which means that we might not get to know the talents of some of the students,” she added.