How Mwai Kibaki crushed old order

President Mwai Kibaki (centre) holds up the new Constitution at Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi on August 27, 2010. [File]

The historic commitment by the Mwai Kibaki government to offer Free and Compulsory Primary Education (FPE), will remain his most precious gift to a generation that would otherwise have seen millions miss out even on basic literacy.

That one decision expanded enrollment in 2003 to above the natural population growth. Yes, let us argue about standards and all, but when all our children are inside a classroom; not some inside and others outside.