A Facebook user from Kiambu has discredited Kiambu Governor William Kabogo’s tenure for failing residents, especially needy students.

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The user by the name Jayne Ge has written an open letter to the county government saying she is disappointed by how bursary funds are allocated in the county.

“County Government of Kiambu, do you really go through the bursary forms needy students fill? Does the team concerned read through those forms?” she asked.

This is in regard to a student at Kanunga High School whose fee arrears have now accumulated to Sh156,000. Due to this, the students at the school have opted to raise funds to clear the balance for the bright and needy Joel Wachira who hails from Ndumberi.

Wachira who is in form four has allegedly been allowed in class by the Principal, Mwangi J.K, for the past four years.

Jayne says she has her son in the same school and that Wachira has been sent home with other students every other time.

“This boy since he joined form one his family has never being able to pay his school fees. Whenever the head teacher is sending children home for school fees, he MUST be among the the students going home,” she adds.

Sometimes Wachira throws caution to the wind and opts to present his case to the principal.

“And because he always knows even if he goes home his family will not be able to get him money, he will stay at home for like a month, then he goes back to school and anajitetea kwa Mwalimu Mkuu.”

Sometimes Wachira will hide in school after they are sent home for the fees and if he is lucky, he stays there for few weeks until the teacher realises and he is sent home.

To enable their friend stay in school, Wachira’s classmates have printed some forms to help raise funds to offset his fee balance.

With the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) just weeks away, Wachira may miss the chance to better his future.

In March this year, Kabogo got a backlash on Facebook for allegedly spending millions to deliver bursary fund cheques to students in the county. The cheques were worth Sh2,000 for most of those who complained of the assistance’s inadequacy.