Members of the Nakuru county assembly have accused the county executive of introducing education bursary requirements they term as discriminating against average and poor perfoming students.
In a special motion moved by Minority Leader Peter Palanga, the assembly is accusing the county executive of denying thousands of students the much needed bursary funds on the basis of poor performance.
According to Palanga, some students who are considered poor performers have been forced to drop out of school due to lack of fees after they were locked out of the county bursary scheme.
Addressing media after presenting the special motion in the house, Palanga termed the move by the county government unfair and discriminating.
The county government bursary committee has introduced a regulation that bars students who score below 250 marks for primary school and grade C- for secondary school ones from accessing and benefiting from the county bursary scheme.
The assembly deputy speaker directed the matter be handled by the relevant house committee and report tabled in the house on the March 28.
The county is also being blamed for delaying the release of bursary funds for the beneficiaries with only few weeks left before the end of the term.
The county bursary scheme allocates Sh2 million for each of the 55 wards .