Council privatises day care centres

Speaking at a workshop for early childhood centre managers recently, Mojuta said this is necessary because "it has come to our attention that running four centres is very expensive and provision cannot be made to cater for all requirements of a good quality programme and that privatising will empower locals who would like to run them".

The council has 18 registered early childhood centres, one run by the council, two by churches, 15 by private owners and one by non-governmental organisations. One centre is in the process of registration, while the other was closed down last term. Six of the 18 centres are operating on two months conditional licenses while 12 are fully licensed.