School principals' big dilemma as cost of food, essential supplies rise

Students traveling to various schools within the country straggle to book a ticket at the Charangani Traveling Sacco stage in Eldoret Uasin Gishu County yesterday. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The skyrocketing cost of food and other essential supplies is posing a challenge to boarding schools, with principals struggling to run the institutions amid a shortage of cereals in the country.

With the little resources available, the situation has forced some of principals to suspend other commitments and focus only on food items and electricity.