This archive report was first published on 1 July 2019.
Published on July 1, 2019, Nairobi County Assembly business could be paralysed after MCAs threatened to boycott plenary sessions demanding for the release of Sh400 million Nairobi County bursary Fund by the executive.
The MCAs have made it clear that they will not be part of any House proceedings starting Tuesday, saying it was 'time to act' on the bursary delays, an issue which has not been solved since December last year.
MCAs accused House leadership of laxity and not doing enough to push the executive to release the funds for needy students in the county, calling for the sacking of Education executive Lucia Mulwa.
Under the bursary scheme, each of the 85 wards in Nairobi gets Sh3.5 million yearly totalling to Sh375 million with each of the over 4,000 students allocated Sh53,000 to go towards school fees.
MCAs raised concerns that the delay in issuance of the money has locked most students, especially from informal settlements who depend on the bursary as school fees, out of school.
Waithaka MCA Antony Kiragu threatened to collect signatures from a third of the members to push for the sacking of Ms Mulwa.
On his part, Karen Ward MCA David Mberia asked his fellow MCAs to speak in one voice regardless of being elected or nominated member by boycotting the sessions.
Umoja I MCA Mark Mugambi decried how they have been forced to stay away from their offices with parents constantly on their necks asking for the bursary money.
Speaker of the day, Deputy Speaker John Kamangu directed that the assembly's Finance, Budget and Appropriations committee to look into the matter and report back to the house on Thursday this week.
