President William Ruto on Thursday announced that he will cut his travel allowances by Kes 500 million to raise funds for the special education sector.
Speaking during the flagging off of motor vehicles to be used by Education officials nationwide, Ruto said that the funds will help in constructing a facility to manufacture devices to support children with special needs.
“I am going to adjust my budget including the travel allowances so that I can find 500Million shillings to give in to start the manufacture of local devices that can assist in the learning of children with special needs.”
Further, he emphasized that the government will use available resources, human capital, and the raw materials in Kenya to produce the devices instead of importing them.
“I must admit that we are still importing basic devices to be used by children with special needs, yet we can use our available resources to get more of these devices,” he said.
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The Head of State also said that the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) owns a secured plot of land in Mavoko that will be used to build a facility for producing educational materials for children with disabilities.
He vowed that he would not permit anyone to trespass on the allocated land because doing so would severely hinder attempts to promote education for children with special needs.
“They tell me they have a piece of land in Mavoko and I will make sure that that land is secured. I’m told that there are some people hanging around there, I will deal with them. I will send the NYS next week to secure the land,” he said
Moreover, he said that the vehicles the education sector has provided will enhance the mobility, effectiveness, and efficiency of the education officers.
