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High cost of education widens gap between rich and poor

Every start of year is always a nightmare for parents with school-going children – particularly due to the high cost of education.

Only so few parents across the country can comfortably afford the high school fees charged by a few respectable schools – leaving a majority of Kenyan children on the periphery of education as they attend schools where they only pick age and little else.

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