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Schools will be closed over Sh6b, says union

Kuppet secretary General Akello Misori addressing the press at a Nairobi hotel on 18/2/18. [ Photo: Beverlyne Musili,Standard]

Secondary schools will be closed on Friday if the Government fails to release free education funds, a teachers' union has warned.

Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) said the Ministry of Education owed schools Sh6 billion, which should be released by tomorrow or else it would advise principals to close their institutions.

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