Kuppet: Free textbooks cash cow for publishers

Kuppet Secretary General Akello Misori (right) and his deputy Moses Nthurima at a past press briefing in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has told the Ministry of Education to allow head teachers to procure books directly. 

Speaking in Nyeri County during a meeting by union representatives from 13 counties in Mt Kenya region, Kuppet Deputy Secretary General Moses Nthurima said the Government spent Sh13 billion on textbooks.