Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has defended the Kenya Kwanza administration’s reforms in the education sector, specifically countering opposition critiques regarding the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) and university funding.
Kindiki has emphasized that the transition to Junior School is a critical investment in the future workforce, dismissing opposition claims that the rollout was rushed or underfunded.
He maintains that the New Higher Education Funding Model is designed to support students from vulnerable backgrounds, arguing that opposition leaders are using “falsehoods” to incite public discontent against the government’s attempts to bridge the funding gap.
The DP has highlighted the recruitment of over 56,000 teachers as evidence of the government’s commitment to improving student-teacher ratios, a point often contested by the opposition as being insufficient for the current demand.Â
Kindiki has accused the opposition of lacking viable alternative solutions and instead focusing on “inciting Kenyans” through political distractions rather than constructive engagement.
He urged critics to base their arguments on facts rather than “untested and untried experiments,” specifically hitting back at leaders who claimed the government’s education policies were failing the youth.
Amidst ongoing debates about the state of the nation, Kindiki has consistently called on the youth and stakeholders in the education sector to embrace dialogue rather than participating in opposition-led protests.
By Anthony Solly
