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Bii, Mandago now accuse parents of sabotaging airlift programme

Parents demonstrate at Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County, demanding refund of money paid for Finland and Canada airlift programe, July 10, 2023. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Uasin Gishu County leaders have blamed some parents whose children are studying in Finland and Canada for the troubles facing the county's overseas study programme.

Governor Jonathan Bii, his deputy John Barorot and Senator Jackson Mandago, who were flanked by a host of leaders, claimed that about 322 parents were sabotaging the airlift programme by failing to settle arrears that they have incurred.

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