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Government releases Sh16 billion for school capitation

Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang when he appeared before the PAC committee at Parliament buildings on August 24, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

School heads can now breathe easy after the Education Ministry on Friday announced it will next week release Sh16 billion for capitation.

This comes after headteachers and principals on Thursday intimated to The Saturday Standard that the institutions were under a financial impasse that threatened to disrupt the examination preparations.

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