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Costly back-to-school demands leave parents scrambling

Parents queue to buy books at Rescue Bookshop in Mombasa, on January 3, 2026. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

With just a day to the January 5 reopening of schools, parents are out and about preparing for the back-to-school run just a few days after the Christmas and New Year festivities.

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