President William Ruto has announced that the government will cut travel allowances Sh500 million to raise funds for the special education sector.
Speaking during the flagging off of motor vehicles across the country to be used by Education officials, the head of stated indicated that the amount will aid in constructing a facility to manufacture devices to support children with special needs.
"I must admit that we are still importing basic devices to be used by children with special needs, yet we can use our available resources to get more of these devices," he said. President Ruto noted that the Kenya Institute of Special Education owns a secured plot of land in Mavoko that will be used to build a facility for producing educational materials for children with disabilities.
"They tell me they have a piece of land in Mavoko and I will make sure that that land is secured. I'm told that there are some people hanging around there, I will deal with them. I will send the NYS next week to secure the land," he said.
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