Education data systems switch leaves schools with millions in funding gaps
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Cabinet Secretary for Education Julius Ogamba and Principal Secretary for the State Department for Higher Education and Research Dr Beatrice Inyangala when they appeared before the National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education at County Hall in Nairobi on July 15, 2026.
The NEMIS was flagged for inflated school enrolment figures, anomalies that affected the allocation of government funding to schools.
The Ministry of Education has since migrated to the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS).
Ghosts of the phased-out National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) have returned to haunt school principals, with queries raised by the Auditor-General pointing to their deepening schools’ financial woes.
The NEMIS was flagged for inflated school enrolment figures, anomalies that affected the allocation of government funding to schools. The Ministry of Education has since migrated to the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS).
