Schools to close for two weeks to create space for August elections

Education CS Fred Matiang’i receives a report of the special investigation team on schools’ unrest in 2016 from Dr Grace Mulei during education stakeholders’ consultative meeting at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). [Photo: Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Schools will close for two weeks to allow time and space for the August 8 General Election, it has emerged.

The Saturday Standard has established that Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i made the proposal Friday during a consultative meeting in Nairobi.