{"id":258124,"date":"2023-04-22T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T14:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/president-ruto-government-to-double-university-technical-and-vocational-education-and-training-tvet-funds?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-04-22T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T14:33:38","slug":"president-ruto-government-to-double-university-technical-and-vocational-education-and-training-tvet-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/president-ruto-government-to-double-university-technical-and-vocational-education-and-training-tvet-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto: Government to Double University Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/13fa570c7a62842\/600\/418\" alt=\"President of the Republic of Kenya\" \/><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=251841&amp;press_source=President of the Republic of Kenya\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto has announced plans to double funds allocated to tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He said the move will help the institutions improve quality of education.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From May, we are going to have a new and comprehensive funding mechanism,&rdquo; he announced.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks on Saturday in Laare, Meru County, during the launch of the tarmacking of the Kaelo-Kamukunji-Mutuati Road.<\/p>\n<p>The President said the road will be completed by December this year.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the President said the Government is committed to increasing earnings by farmers and creating economic opportunities for all Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Government had put in place a new regulation reducing miraa levies to boost earnings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that we have removed those levies and fees, the miraa business will thrive,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President said the new regulation has also unlocked a market in Somalia for the product following negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Present were Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi, Meru Governor Bishop Kawira Mwangaza, and MPs led by Majority Leader Kimani Ichungw&rsquo;ah.<\/p>\n<p>Later in Buuri Constituency, the President commissioned the Kiirua Buuri Irrigation Development Project that will benefit more than 5,000 farmers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will improve food and nutrition security besides enhancing farm income to Sh400 million a year,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President explained that the Government will shift from rains to irrigation-fed agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We must make our agriculture commercial and sustainable so that we can break the poverty cycle that is associated with farming.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of President of the Republic of Kenya.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/026d0e8ad4c3dbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/026d0e8ad4c3dbd\" alt=\"President of the Republic of Kenya\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/026d0e8ad4c3dbd\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has announced plans to double funds allocated to tertiary institutions. He said the move will help the institutions improve quality of education. &ldquo;From May, we are going to have a new and comprehensive funding mechanism,&rdquo; he announced. 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