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School heads send students home for fees amid delayed capitation

National Parents Association National Chairman Silas David Obuhatsa addressing the media at his office in Nairobi on January 4th, 2023 claiming that the Law Society of Kenya is trying to take the country back to colonial type of administration by going to court to block CDF allocation.[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A financial crunch that has rocked the education sector has left school principals without option but to send students home.

With government capitation funds arriving late - and even in amounts that fall short - headteachers have been struggling to run the institutions.

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