Tvet school needs proper power supply

THE Umi Vocational Centre in Markham needs an efficient on-grid power supply for the sake of educating students, says manager Lina Tarubi.
In 2019, the European Union provided four workshops costing K3.5 million, with tools, equipment and machine.
But Tarubi said they could not use the machines because of power supply problems.
The institute, situated near the Highlands
Highway, uses a generator when there is a power cut.
“If we are in the national power grid, we can use these machines to teach our students,” she said.
“But we cannot do so now because what we have is not a permanent power supply.”
Lina also said the institute needed at least two more workshops to cover all technical trade courses offered.
There is also a need for three teachers’ quarters, a fence around its 64-hectare land and a new vehicle to replace the current 15-year-old truck.
Lina said despite that, the 30-year-old institute over the years had received support from donors and government agencies.
“From being an agriculture school when established in 1992, we now teach carpentry, mechanic, welding, plumbing, electrical, tourism and hospitality, business studies and agriculture to a total of 212 students this year,” she said.