The high court has suspended the government’s directive of paying fees through eCitizen which directed parents to start preparing to do so.
According to the order, the high court stopped the implementation of the programme by the government through the Ministry of Education pending hearing on February 13th.
“That an interim conservatory order is herby issued suspending the Circular or letter by the Principal Secretary (Belio R Kipsang), Ministry of Education dated 31st January 2024, requiring parents/Guardians and or students to pay fees and or any other levies for all government learning institutions through e-citizen platform or any other Digital platform(s) until 13th February 2024, when the court will issue further directions in this petition.”
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According to President William Ruto’s argument, the move is meant to ensure transparency by channelling all government’s funds through one government’s Paybill number by paying fees through eCitizen.
“You may have heard the latest about school fees in Kenya, or money paid by parents for example in boarding schools. We provide resources for learning in all our primary and secondary schools through what parents pay.”
” We are insisting because we realised there are illegal levies charged by the board of management of schools that go into accounts that nobody knows, we have insisted that all monies charged to Kenyans must be transparent.”
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This comes just a day after a doctor from Nakuru County moved to court seeking orders to have the directive quashed terming the initiative as illegal and that it violated the principles of good governance.
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