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The price of ignorance: When books cost more than bread

A parent shopping for books at Savanis Book Centre on April 28, 2025 as schools resume class for Second Term Learning. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Walk into any bookshop in Nairobi, Kisumu or Nakuru, and you will find the same story written not in the pages but on the price tags: books have become unaffordable for the average Kenyan.

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