More money should go to education and health

Prof. George Magoha, Cabinet Secretary Ministry Of Education. [PHOTO: Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The last 12 months have truly been miserable, thanks to Covid-19. No one foresaw the kind of damage this disease would cause. Kenya may have been spared the high number of deaths being witnessed in other countries. However, coronavirus has affected life in a way we never imagined.

Since schools remain an integral part of our lives, it is important to mention the huge price the education sector has paid in the wake of this pandemic. The country has lost over 40 teachers to Covid-19. Besides losing parents, breadwinners and loved ones, many learners suffered economic and social trauma that may affect them for a long time. During this period, some of them were subjected to child labour, physical, sexual and mental abuses and early marriages. Others got pregnant.