How county bursary funds are stolen

Nyandarua County CEC for Education Faith Mbugua has revealed how crafty people have been stealing bursary funds meant to support bright and needy children in the county, a scenario repeated in many other counties The CEC said swindlers have been acting as middlemen between parents and the bursary committees, when she spoke to Nyandarua County Assembly Committee of the Whole House. 

“I remember a case where a person had secured a bursary cheque of more than ?fty thousand for a student who was supposed to join a national school and then it was sold for Sh15,000 to the rightful beneficiary,” she said.