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State bans journalists from schools, sparking protests

Pupils of Canaan Primary School in Kanamkemer Lodwar, Turkana County. [Bakari Angela]

Parents may never know whether schools are strictly implementing the Covid-19 protocols after the government banned media visits to the institutions.

Donors and well-wishers who may want to support needy schools in various ways, including supply of masks, erection of hand-washing points and expansion of classrooms, may not have the true picture of the needy cases because of the ban.

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