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Back-to-school rush hits amid cry over high cost of learning items

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Long queues as parents engage in last-minute shopping in Nakuru City on January 5, 2024. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

Parents and guardians are expressing concern over the soaring cost of learning materials as the back-to-school rush intensifies ahead of the schools' reopening next week.

Several towns and centres witnessed a flurry of activity as parents set up tents in bookshops and supermarkets to purchase school items for their children.

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