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TEXTBOOKS: Bitok now moves procurement to agency dissolved by cabinet

By Lewis Nyaundi and Stanley Ongwae | 2mos ago

Basic Education PS Julius Bitok before National Assembly Committee. [File, Standard]

Basic Education PS Julius Bitok has now said that the procurement of textbooks for schools would be taken to the School Equipment Production Unit (SEPU).

The Cabinet through a memo, Issue No. 1 of 2025, approved dissolution of SEPU and earmarked it for a merger.

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