Parents in Lari, Kiambu county have urged public day secondary schools to reduce the amount of school fees.
The parents want the money reviewed following the release of the capitation funds.
The school fees cater for the feeding programme and payment of non-teaching staff.
“Paying more than Sh 4,000 per month in a school and your has been given capitation by the government is too much. The money charged need to be reviewed," Simon Njoroge, a parent, said.
Lari MP Mburu Kahangara also called for the auditing of the public schools' financials.
"A school that has 800 students makes Sh3.2 million per term and when you add the government's capitation, the money becomes too much. We need an audit to know what is happening” he said.
Kahangara who spoke during the issuance of bursaries, said he will not issue day school cheques until the schools' boards lower school fees.
He was accompanied by Kiambu Woman Representative Ann Muratha and MP’s Githua Wamacukuru (Kabete), Alice Ng’ang’a (Thika), John Njuguna (Kiambaa) and John Kiragu (Limuru).
“We need to sit down and reason together since the schools have become a cash cow in the name of paying additional teachers, sustaining feeding programmes, buying stationaries and paying subordinate staffs ” he said.
The government on Wednesday released the second batch of of Sh30.5 billion secondary school capitation funds.
The capitation per learner is Sh22,444 per year.
