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Boniface Mwangi: Why I want all private schools abolished

Activist Boniface Mwangi during an interview on Spice FM on Monday, January 9, 2026. [Screen grab]

Activist and presidential hopeful Boniface Mwangi has called for the abolition of private schools in Kenya, arguing that only fully funded public schools should exist from kindergarten to university.

Speaking during an interview on Spice FM on Monday, Mwangi said no Kenyan should pay for education or be forced to sell assets to access healthcare.

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