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The recent proposal by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on blacklisting parents with school fees debts is misguided. It instead brings into public scrutiny the financial management capacity of our secondary schools. It is a misuse of the role of credit reference bureaus in sharing information on creditworthiness of citizens.
There are myriad causes of perpetual outstanding fees in public secondary schools including the following, and how they can be tackled.
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