MPs probe use of school cash to pay private dues
Kenyan lawmakers are investigating the use of public school funds to pay subscription fees to the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KSSHA). The committee is questioning the legality of these payments, which amount to millions of shillings, and demanding greater financial transparency.
Why it matters
This investigation highlights concerns regarding the accountability of public funds and the governance of private associations operating within the public education sector.
Members of Parliament have warned secondary school heads against using public funds to pay subscriptions to private entities, saying the practice could amount to the misuse of resources meant to support learners.
The lawmakers are also planning to summon the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KSSHA) to explain illegal subscriptions by public schools.
The National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education wants KSSHA officials to appear before it to explain how money received from public schools was used, and under what legal framework the association operated.
“We want to know why a private members’ club should enjoy public money, yet its operations cannot be publicly scrutinised like those of a public institution,” committee chairman and Luanda MP Dick Maungu said.
The team raised concern that several schools were spending millions of shillings on payments to KSSHA, a private entity representing principals.
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