How taxpayers lost billions funding schools that were closed years ago

An abondoned school in Kwale County after students failed to report. [File, Standard]

Billions of shillings in taxpayers’ money were lost through funding ‘ghost’ schools that had already shut down, some of them quietly remaining on government records for up to six years after closing, while others lacked students or had extremely low enrollment.

The Saturday Standard has established that some 26 public schools were shut but their closure was never reported to the Ministry of Education.