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Lyn Omuronji,12, and her seven-year-old brother Nathaniel Warren study at their home in Matungulu Constituency on Monday, May 11 after schools closed following the outbreak of the coronavirus. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]
Our children have been home for six months now. There are approximately 15 million primary school and secondary school learners. Majority cannot learn online. As revealed in the 2019 Census, only 9 percent of Kenyan households have access to a computer and only 18 per cent have access to the Internet.
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