• 11 months ago
A subsidy programme for day secondary school learners in the Kiharu constituency has continued to attract the attention of political leaders from various parts of the country. Seventeen groups of MPs have so far benchmarked in the constituency. https://bit.ly/48K5buz
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00:00 Who is next?
00:02 Manager
00:04 This is our part manager
00:06 I am with the teams from the various constituencies
00:10 I can see my content in the teams
00:12 Happy New Year!
00:14 Happy New Year!
00:16 I will help you with the hard work
00:18 I am David Kiplakart all the way from Soi in Wasingishu County
00:24 We have come here so that we can feel the experience
00:27 We have been looking through the media and also through the social media
00:31 and we have found out that actually what we are seeing is real
00:34 and we really want to congratulate our colleague
00:37 on what he has been able to achieve
00:41 and what we have been able to learn while we were in class
00:46 At least we have felt the experience of the Elimu Bora
00:49 We have felt the experience of utilization of resources
00:53 especially when you use labor based
00:55 you will find out that with little resources you are able to do much
00:59 and the beauty is trying to make sure that as much of the resources that are available
01:06 goes into actual work
01:08 and that one we are really appreciative
01:10 and we want to tell Ndindi Nyoro the sky is the limit
01:13 aim higher and we shall support you
01:16 Thank you
01:17 Obviously everybody knows, it's in the public domain
01:19 that the chair of budget, Ndindi Nyoro, the MP for the area
01:23 is the best performing MP quite a few times
01:26 and that's in the utilization of CDF
01:29 So when I saw it was posted on our wall I said you know what
01:31 my team is, even though we have NGAF, it's a completely different mandate
01:35 we should come here and learn from each other
01:38 and I've learnt a lot
01:40 especially, I mean for me I think every MP in Nairobi
01:43 should really look into this model
01:45 because one, you bring the fee down to 1000 shillings
01:48 so it's affordable, right now people are struggling with resources
01:51 the second thing is the retention
01:53 the amount of children that come, you've got 100% retention of students
01:57 so I think that's something we should consider
01:59 because we've got a lot of dropouts
02:00 a lot of children that don't finish school
02:02 and a lot of children that are chased from school
02:05 I know that the county of Nairobi is doing a program on dishe
02:08 which is to provide food
02:09 but in Nairobi we've got other challenges
02:11 being community based schools and faith based schools
02:15 so, but all in all
02:17 if we can make it work for the public schools
02:19 with the new mandate by the Ministry of Education
02:22 to increase the classrooms in Nairobi
02:24 to make sure that we have a transition from primary to secondary
02:27 for me, just being here with my team, NGAF team
02:30 we learnt a lot
02:32 and we also know that we can share with each other
02:36 so the fact that Mwashimiwa here is willing to share his experience
02:40 his knowledge
02:41 I mean he did tell us that when he joined parliament
02:44 for the first two years, it was like, what do I do?
02:46 you know, you don't come in knowing exactly what to do
02:48 because you find the system that's set
02:50 but he worked with it
02:51 and the key takeaway for me is data, data, data
02:54 data informs your programs and your plans
02:57 and as long as you collect that data
02:59 I'm a big supporter of the "Wakibwezi" movement
03:02 we've come here to see the way we work
03:07 and how we work here
03:09 I want to show my team
03:11 that if I say that Nyoro is the number one movement in Kenya
03:15 that's the truth
03:16 because what has been done here is amazing
03:18 using little money and giving that money a lot of value
03:22 that's what we want to take to our constituency
03:25 to take to the rest of the country
03:26 that you can use your money and use it very well
03:29 you do more development using the same resources
03:32 because when you look at the amount of money that has been used
03:35 in other places, the same amount of money
03:37 is being used to do very little work
03:39 so the biggest lesson that we take from here is that
03:42 you can use creatively the little money that you have
03:45 and you give a lot of value with that money
03:48 we take home the "Elimubora" program
03:51 it's a labor-based program, very good
03:54 we are trying, but we are taking home the "Elimubora" program
03:57 I'm very happy to be a part of the "Elimubora" program
04:02 you know, our community is very diverse
04:04 there are a lot of children
04:06 and if you look at the school fees for the children
04:09 I was just coming to see how it's been done
04:12 how the children can study well
04:15 and how the parents pay very little money in terms of part-time
04:18 I studied and I saw this program
04:21 I also go to implement it in Thika
04:23 especially my children, especially those in day schools
04:26 they go to school and the parents pay them
04:29 the school fee, from what they earn
04:31 between 15,000 and 11,000
04:33 I make sure I'll be able to reduce by half
04:36 while they earn between 6,000 and 7,000
04:39 so that we can pay for the school fees
04:42 and help our children
04:44 they pay 2,000 per term
04:46 and it will be possible, there are a lot of children
04:48 but it will be possible
04:50 to make sure our children's future
04:52 we have come here to see how it is
04:54 we have seen that it is good
04:56 everyone has a program that I have brought here
04:58 I have brought a lot of "Elimubora"
05:00 we are very grateful today to have hosted our colleagues
05:02 here in Kiharu
05:04 this primary school is called Nyaki Hai Primary School
05:06 it is one of our public primary schools
05:09 and we are glad about the work that we are able to do
05:11 over the December holiday
05:13 we basically hosted our colleagues
05:15 because we keep learning from each other
05:17 I learn a lot from interactions with
05:19 my colleagues, members of parliament
05:21 I also visit their constituencies
05:23 and we were glad today to also host them
05:26 for the same exercise
05:28 that we always do as members of parliament
05:30 so basically
05:32 this one we call it "peer-to-peer learning"
05:34 because there is no one who is more superior
05:36 than the other
05:38 but we keep on learning
05:40 the successes of this one
05:42 we learn from the success of the other one
05:44 because after that, Kenya becomes a much better place
05:46 as I come to the conclusion
05:48 I am very grateful because
05:50 of the good things that we have been able to learn today
05:52 is the good things that we have been able to do here in Kiharu
05:54 all our public primary schools
05:56 which are 112
05:58 all of them have tiles
06:00 we have started another school like 7
06:02 in Kiharu, we have a day school
06:04 we also have a good education program here in Kiharu
06:06 where learners pay only
06:08 a thousand per term
06:10 and I am glad
06:12 that that program is being adopted
06:14 by many constituencies
06:16 and to cite even one
06:18 is for example Kipipiri constituency
06:20 even Kiaba
06:22 Dika town and all the others
06:24 who have come here before
06:26 and they are already implementing those programs
06:28 so today
06:30 I am very happy because all of Kenya is here
06:32 we have my friend from Northall
06:34 that is in Massabit
06:36 we have Kibwezi
06:38 Kibwezi
06:40 we have
06:42 Madera county
06:44 Uwasingisu county
06:46 Muranga county
06:48 Kitui county
06:50 Kamalafi constituency
06:52 even here in Muranga, even in Nairobi county
06:54 and we are glad because
06:56 when leaders will start now
06:58 actually competing on development
07:00 the head gainers are our bosses
07:02 who are the people of Kenya
07:04 and when I finish that, I say as the chairman of the budget
07:06 we are working around the clock
07:08 to make sure
07:10 that NGCDF resources
07:12 and funds are released
07:14 hopefully this week or next week
07:16 so that learners
07:18 can be able to be capacitated
07:20 through NGCDF via Bursaries
07:22 to join various schools
07:24 and also to report in the ongoing schools
07:26 so
07:28 I want to tell all Kenyans
07:30 that the way we are working
07:32 is that
07:34 when we get funds like Kodi
07:36 we prioritize NGCDF
07:38 because it goes a long way
07:40 into supporting learners
07:42 in regards to Bursaries.
07:44 Thank you.
07:46 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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