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History will judge leaders who fail our children very harshly

A teacher takes pupils through a lesson under a makeshift classroom under a tree in Turkana county. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

I have disagreed with some of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s political pronouncements. But on this one, he is right.

It is a profound injustice when children from regions that have invested in schools and basic governance are denied quality options at home, only to watch scarce places taken by beneficiaries of counties that receive a disproportionate share of national resources yet fail their own children.

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