This archive report was first published on 20 June 2020.
On June 20, 2020, Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo launched a Sh23 million project to increase classrooms in schools, aimed at easing congestion and preventing the spread of Covid-19.
The project, funded by the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF), aims to create more space for students to keep social distance if schools open in September.
Ms Odhiambo said the money had been distributed to 16 primary and secondary schools to start the programme, which began with Gembe ward and will be cascaded in the remaining four wards.
The schools that benefited from the money include Usao Secondary and Lwanda Oloo Primary schools.
Speaking during a meeting with the schools' board of management members at Waondo Technical Training Institute, the legislator said they had opted for a bank transfer system to avoid exchanging financial documents, which may violate the fight against Covid-19.
Ms Odhiambo also appealed to the government to increase the economic stimulus package on education and channel the money to improvement of school infrastructure.
She was opposed to the government programme of funding digital learning on grounds that it was not accessible to the majority of Kenyan students.
Ms Odhiambo said, 'Majority of Kenya pupils do not access digital learning. Let the government channel the economic stimulus through the NGCDF for building more classrooms.'
