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We have come from far, we should not stop or look back

The promise by both Jubilee and the National Super Alliance (NASA) to make secondary school education free must be made a reality. There is so much money wasted in Kenya due to graft and uncollected taxes that can be utilised for that purpose.

Free secondary education should not be negotiable and it should not be the usual hot air promises that we are used to in Kenya. Looking back since 2002 we had some success initially with free primary education. This is one thing you cannot take away from retired President Kibaki.

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