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Parents begin early preparation for back to school amid textbooks hitch

Traders display text books in Kisii town. The traders decried low sales as most people travelled up country for Christmas. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Days after Christmas Day celebrations, some parents are already trooping to bookshops and uniforms stores to avoid last minutes rush ahead of schools opening in the first week of January.

Even so, The Standard has established that there is still confusion owing to the shortage of textbooks for learners in Grade nine.

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