Make free education a reality to level playing ground for all our children

Nyamachaki Primary School pupils during P.E class, Nyeri, 2021. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Were the government to conduct a census on the number of naturally bright children going to waste due to poverty, the figures would astound. Not a day goes by without a learner appealing for help to join secondary school.

The level of destitution in the villages is shocking. Millions of people cannot afford a square meal every day. Treatable ailments are ravaging people because they cannot afford hospital charges. Is it logical then to expect parents in such dire straits to finance the education of their children?