[Courtesy]Ministry of Education has admitted it cannot pay teachers who supervised co-curricular activities, with pending bills hitting Sh400 million. "The current arrangement where we get money from the sports fund for co-curricular activities is creating problems to the ministry," said Bitok. We are waiting for the sports fund… but I'm requesting for a month to two months at most to be able to pay these teachers," noted Bitok. "I had to pay my teachers from my constituency because they were suffering. "It appears you are resigning to fate that you are not going to pay our teachers because the sports fund is not releasing the money.

Source: Standard Digital February 24, 2026 22:19 UTC