Students from the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) are set to receive a total amount of Ksh180 each from President William Ruto.
The University in an April 9, 2024, memo noted that it had resorted to dividing a total amount of Ksh1 million among the students which was gifted to them by President Ruto.
Ruto had on March 26, 2024, gifted the students the money when he visited the higher learning institution for an event.
According to the memo seen by The Kenya Times, the students are to receive the amount following a public participation exercise conducted amongst them on how to distribute the money.
“The university through the Directorate of Students’ Welfare conducted a public participation amongst students through a Google form between Tuesday 2 April 2024 to Thursday 4 April 2024,” read part of the memo.
According to the memo, the options set out for the students to vote included sharing the money equally among all students, organizing a luncheon or allocating to student’s bursary.
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DeKUT students vote
After voting in the public participation, most of the students voted for the sharing of money option.
It is upon the outcome of the public participation that the University resolved that every student would receive Ksh180.
“Following the outcome of the public participation, it has been decided that every registered undergraduate student during the January – April 2024 semester including students who are on internal attachment during the semester will be given Kshs. 180,” the memo noted.
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All the respective class representatives were further directed to inform their classmates to collect the money from the Directorate of Student’s Welfare (DSW) office.
According to the memo, the distribution exercise was supposed to commence on 9th April 2024 from 10:00 am and students were to collect the money as per an attached schedule.
Also, students were directed to carry along their students and National IDs, with the University noting that any uncollected money by Friday 19 April 2024 would be channeled to the student’s bursary.
President Ruto on March 26 donated the money to the students after he briefly stopped at the University where he was received by the DeKUT Council Chair, Dr. James Kariuki, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eng. Peter Muchiri and the students.
The Head of State was on his way to the Nyeri National Polytechnic for the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) where he opened an ICT Hub.
