Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki on Wednesday said that the government was investing a lot towards improving the quality of education so that learners can continue benefiting more.
He said the government has employed more teachers so as to ensure learners are handled adequately by the tutors.
Prof Kindiki said since President William Ruto took over the government, more than 100,000 teachers have been employed and deployed to different schools.
He revealed that, the government had built 23,000 new classrooms, 1,600 laboratories built and the trend had seen the number of students increasing.
The DP urged the people to take advantage of ensuring that their children are in school since the State had ensured that learners get quality education.
“The government has done all it can to ensure that children get quality education they deserve. Education is equaliser to all children regardless of where they come from” he said.
He spoke at Kirigiti village in Kiambu town constituency, where he led the ground breaking of a state of the art Kirigiti primary school.
The DP said that Kirigiti is the only location which did not have a primary school even being near Kiambu town, and pupils walk for long distances while searching for education.
Before proceeding to Kirigiti, the DP launched construction works in Muthure- Njathaini which is under construction in Kabete Constituency.
Other roads which the government is working on in Kabete include Kanyariri- Muthure and another from ACK and SDA Muthure.
Others are Ngure ACK- Gitaru -Kanyariri to Ndumbu-ini, Green belt to Mbari ya Njau, Motego to Gitaru and St Anne Catholic to Kaburini.
He noted that, in Kiambu County 1,285 kilometers of road have been prioritized for tarmacking at a cost of Sh152 billion.
