Sh6 billion question as Ministry fights ghost learners

Pupils of Tuwo primary in Tiaty sub-county studying under a tree. The school has no class rooms. [Photo by Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

The Government may have been paying billions of shillings to ghost pupils under the free primary education (FPE) project.

Data from the Ministry of Education shows that the current total enrollment of pupils in public primary schools stands at 8.9 million.