Why school mid-terms are the new economic stimulus

Parents and students queuing outside a school uniform shop along Muindi Mbingu Street, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The mid-term break or half-term as it is popularly called gives students some rest from the Covid-19 induced academic marathon. But my encounter with students changed my thinking about this break.

It’s also an economic stimulus. Students wearing uniforms of all colours and shades "invade” supermarkets on their way home.