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Governor Roba hands over a bursary cheque
to cushion needy students.

Empowering locals through

BURSARIES

he bursary fund in Mandera County is a Mandera County Government has borne the all students admitted to the college will be fully
noble and insightful investment in our brunt of terror attacks that instigated an exodus sponsored by the county.
Tyouth. of non-local skilled workers from the county.
This was an eye-opener that prompted us to We have also partnered with the Technical Uni-
On April 5, we disbursed Sh40.5 million to a to- seek local solutions. One way of doing this is versity of Kenya to build a constituent college
tal of 5,689 students. This number by training locals and equipping them with the in the county and fully sponsor local students.
Includes 1,308 college and university students; necessary skills. So far, over Sh200 million have been invested
4,154 secondary school students; 121 teacher and an additional Sh100 million earmarked for
trainees at the Mandera Teachers Training Col- Through strategic partnership with the Kenya infrastructure development over the next finan-
lege; and 106 students at Mandera Technical Medical Training College (KMTC), we will be cial year.
Training College. investing Sh200 million in the 2018-2019 finan-
cial year to build a medical training college. All The county is aware that education is key to
As Governor Ali Roba noted: “As we battle to students admitted to the college will be fully producing skilled manpower to spur Mandera
undo the damage of years of marginalisation in sponsored by the county. towards greater socio-economic growth.
education, we need to simultaneously steer our
education system towards plugging the cur- The county will also invest another Sh200 mil- The investment the county is focusing on is one
rent gaps and to meet the future human capital lion in partnership with the Ministry of Education that can be benchmarked with the very best
needs of this county.” to build a teachers’ training college. Similarly, education system globally.