The County government of Elgeyo Marakwet on Thursday disbursed Sh27 million bursaries targeting needy and bright students.
The bursaries targeted over 500 beneficiaries across all the 20 Wards in the county, identified by Ward Development Committee in each of the respective electoral Wards.
Deputy Governor Wisely Rotich presided over the disbursement of cheques to some representatives of secondary school principals drawn from the county led by their chairperson Rose Koech, the Principal of Sing'ore Girls' secondary.
The funds will go to the beneficiaries in universities, tertiary institutions and secondary schools, said the deputy governor.
“As a County government, we know that the only way that we can transform our county is by investing in education of our children and we shall continue scaling up the bursary allocation in the years to come,” added Rotich.
He, however, called on residents in the county to ensure that they embrace diversified farming by avoiding over dependency of maize and instead venture into the cash crop with a view to boosting their income and improve their social-economic development.
County Executive Committee member in charge of Education and technical training Edwin Kisang on his part challenged the youth in the county to utilize opportunities available in vocational training institutes in the region.
“The capacity of our vocational training institutes are not fully utilized. We have an enrollment of 1,547 out of a capacity of 3, 000," he said Kisang.