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Welfare officers want uniform criteria for awarding bursaries

Richard Obiga, Principal Social Development Officer, National Social Protection Secretariat on June 17, 2022. [Standard, Wainaina Ndung'u]

State welfare officials want a law enacted to guide public bursary and scholarship schemes saying scarce resources were widely being wasted on undeserving cases.

Department of Children Services, the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) the county governments and the Ward Development Fund run by MCAs all give funds to help learners fill school fees gaps.

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