Iria affirms Nyota Zetu Programme will remain after his exit from Governorship

By The Mountain Journal

 Murang’a county government has offered full scholarships to three thousand secondary school students in efforts to increase the number of professionals. Through Nyota Zetu Initiative, the educational intervention programme that started in 2019, has been hailed as the first in the country that has shown interest in the children from the humble background.

The Governor Mwangi wa Iria programme has the backing of the county assembly as the MCAs are involved in the selection of the needy learners to benefit from the public funds.

Every year, the best from the schools within the 35 wards are selected to benefit from the county government full scholarship through the secondary school education programme.

Iria distributing the kitty to the learners said Murang’a has been ranked the first county to cater for the interest of the poor who had been at risk of dropping out of schools due to the poverty situation in their backyard.

 The first batch of beneficiaries is in form three  and hope 95 percent will attain university entry grades.

“ This is a mission designed to help the children  from the villages compete effectively with the rich. The county assembly will enact a policy to ensure the coming governors will not do away with the education programme designed for the poor,” said the governor.

 Majority of the students will join national and extra county secondary schools which they chose at the registration of the KCPE.

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