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How the Kenyan Government loses millions to ghost students

NAIROBI: The Government could be losing millions of shillings annually through inflated enrollment figures by primary and secondary school heads, a new audit has revealed.

The Standard has established that the Education ministry could be losing up to Sh1 billion annually allocated for ghost students as the ministry lacks a full-proof system to verify admission figures. Sources at the ministry revealed that nearly half a million ghost learners may have been receiving school capitation (Government subsidies) annually.

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