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Fixing challenges in health, education sectors require action
Teachers’ unions are calling for an independent body to run bursary funds as politicians are on the spot for weaponising the funds.
Redemption • Fixing the health and education challenges and corruption requires dialogue and action, says Peter Mugambi. “The Social Health Insurance Fund is not working well, education is being underfunded, and yet some 33 non-existent schools have been receiving millions in capitation funds from the government. The culprits should be brought to book.” His contact is [email protected].
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Health • The Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and the new university funding model have only brought about chaos and suffering, says Fred Njuki. "As the popular adage goes, ‘If it ain't broke, don't fix it’. The old NHIF had its challenges, but it was actually working, and so was the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb). These changes were just driven by greedy officials.” His contact is [email protected].
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Misstep • The directive not to send students home over fees and the order to release certificates to those who have arrears are creating problems in the education sector, says David Yator. “Parents are not paying fees as required and the government's capitation has been reduced and is always delayed. As a result, school heads are struggling to feed their students.” His contact is [email protected].
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Underwhelming • Why should Kenya Power advertise an electricity outage from, say, 9 am to 5 pm, and fail to restore the service at the stipulated time? asks Carey Yiembe. “While this causes loss of earnings to the company, the inconvenience suffered by the customers is unquantifiable. The power utility should shape up or ship out as this is not a free service!” His email address is [email protected].
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Football • A missed opportunity in the run-up to Chan that has already kicked off in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania is lack of musical entertainment, says Nicholas Murithi. “Culture, tourism and the arts should have had organised around Chan to also reap from the rich diversity. We've great musicians who would have greatly benefited from this.” His contact is [email protected].
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