MWATELA                                                                    

EDUCATION assistant Minister Calist Mwatela now says that the idea of funding schools directly is a new concept and that with the new constitution those found guilty of embezzling public funds will be dealt with according to the law. Mwatela says that teachers will now have a reason to smile as their retirement benefit payment will be enforced according to the law. The assistant Minister made the remarks after presiding over the launch of the nestle healthy kids programme in Kenya at the St. Georges primary school in Nairobi

The Minister further added that education material suppliers who threatened to take schools to court for lack of payment over materials supplied have been paid and that those who are already in court will withdraw the cases and handle them locally.