Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro has threatened a nationwide mobilisation of parents should the government not release full school capitation funds for the 2026 academic year.
Nyoro warned that failure to provide adequate funding would compel parents across Kenya to demand their children’s constitutional right to free basic education and hold the government accountable.
Speaking on the funding of public schools, the Former Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairperson accused the government of failing to adequately finance education this year, saying the amounts disbursed so far are insufficient to sustain learning institutions.
“Some of these things we are not begging for as leaders. Sometimes we are just telling the government to do what they need to do,” Nyoro said.He added that schools have not been properly funded, and the money released so far can barely sustain operations for the current term.
“You have not funded schools in the year 2026. You’ve only sent money that can only run our schools for this term,” he said, adding that the situation was already placing schools under severe strain.Nyoro revealed that leaders had last week demanded that the government issue a clear circular on capitation, warning that failure to do so would attract unspecified action.
“Last week, we told the government clearly that they needed to release a circular in terms of capitation, or you are going to do some unspecified actions,” he said.