THIKA RAISES SH.9M IN SUPPORT OF THIKA EDUCATION TRUST FUND
Thika investors, leaders and residents have raised over
Sh9million in support of the Thika Education Trist Fund during a dinner
arranged by Thika MP Alice Ng’ang’a in Coconut Grill hotel on Saturday evening.
MP Ng'ang'a said that the funds will be added to the
remaining Sh4 million during the last disbursement where University, College
and Secondary school students are aimed to benefit.
Ng'ang'a said the kitty has been managed by respected
individuals to ensure accountability and transparency. She said she has only
been patronizing the trust fund.
The legislator called upon the committee to vet more
applicants in a period of two weeks to prepare for the February disbursement
next year where up to now, more than 1,500 applicants have been vetted and
approved while other have been disqualified for various reasons.
The CDF Chairman, Mr. Ephraim Njihia, speaking from the same
event said that the parents have not been applying in time and thus giving the
vetting committees a hard time in reviewing how to help those that delay and
added that his office has put cautious measures to ensure that those that come
late will be pushed to the next disbursement.
He called on the residents who have not applied for the
trust fund to hurry and pick up the forms from his office as they have a week
before he closes down the application and commences the vetting process.
Ng’ang’a has however lauded the Asian community in Thika for
the full support towards the kitty with the Bidco CEO Vimal Shah pledging to raise his
contribution once his friends supported him to ensure he contributes a bigger
amount than he had.
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