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What State can do to make secondary education truly free

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When the late former Education CS Prof George Magoha visited several estates within Nakuru to ensure all class 8 pupils reported to form one. [Kipsang Joseph, standard]

As Form One students report to school in the next few days I can predict the stories that will come up in our daily papers and social media.

A pupil in Kanyamkago will have walked miles with an empty box to report to school at the furthest end of Homa Bay County in Kasipul Kabondo. Another would be armed with just a few thousand shillings after his grandmother leased off the last piece of land for a measly figure - just enough for fare.

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