Parents shop for textbooks at Savanis Book Centre, Nairobi, ahead of school opening, on December 31, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
In 2017, the government chose to source course books for public schools, arguing that the method that was being used at the time was riddled with corruption. There was a grain of truth in the argument. Some grift characterised the process. However, the jury is still out whether the current system is insulated against the vice that has become the country’s second name.