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The economics behind long and short skirts

Rwathia Girls School in Murang’a County has been in the news for a week. It all started when the girls flocked out of school demanding shorter skirts, as reported. Everyone got sucked into the swirling social vortex including Kenya’s minister of education.

By focusing on the skirts, we are skirting the real issues.

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