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Financial crisis in public schools deepens over delayed capitation funds

Parents shop for books at Savanis Book Center along Latema Road, Nairobi, on January 6, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito Standard]

Public schools could be forced to close early or ask parents to chip in after the National Treasury said that it would release Sh48 billion capitation funds next month.

Teachers and parents are warning of dark days ahead for the troubled education sector one week after schools reopened for the first term.

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