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How unpaid bills have left Taita Taveta schools short of food, lab chemicals ahead of exams

Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime before the senate at Bunge Towers, Nairobi on March 10, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Public secondary schools in Taita Taveta County have run out of food and laboratory chemical supplies ahead of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Examination next week.

Multiple interviews with head teachers confirmed that they have no funds to source food and laboratory chemicals, among other reagents for practical subjects like chemistry, biology and physics.

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