Gesima residents who have been taking advantage of their closeness with area MCA to ask for favours, especially funds meant for bursary for the less fortunate in the society have been asked to be ‘human’ and let the fund perform functions that it was meant for.
Speaking on Sunday at Matunwa village, MCA Ken Atuti said the funds will only benefit students who come from impoverished families and said the method of allocation will be based on evidence obtained from respective institution.
According to him, a group of residents whose economic status is well-off have allegedly taken the application forms to apply for their children.
“I want to emphasise that the ward bursary is meant for less fortunate in the community. I am aware of some parents from economically stable families have applied for support. We are going to award the bursaries based on evidence we obtain from our schools,” he said.
He cautioned the suspected well off parents for using failure by his administration to offer them bursaries as a political strategy to taint his image.
“I know some of them are scheming to taint my name because they know that these funds are meant for the less fortunate in the society. I strongly ask residents to ignore them because even God can never allow that,” he added.
More than 500 students from secondary schools and institutions of higher learning from the region are expected to benefit from the Sh2 million that was awarded by the county government to the ward as bursary for school children.