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End of bursaries nigh as Wetangula seeks new law to manage kitties

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula. [File, Standard]

The end of bursaries, as we know them today, has started, and free university and college education is beckoning.

On Friday, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula penned what could be the epitaph on the tombstone of the many bursaries and scholarships when he directed the Clerk of the National Assembly to formulate a new statute.

The new law envisaged by Wetang'ula will amalgamate all bursaries and funds supporting needy students,...