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Lawmakers blamed for free education woes

Baringo Woman Representative Florence Jematiah supported the scrapping of free education, arguing that it had contributed to disengaged parenting. [File, Standard]

Parliament is once again facing criticism from Kenyans for its role in the looming collapse of the country’s free education programme, due to its actions and failures.

Days after revelations by National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi about the intended winding-up of the free education programme in primary and secondary schools, leaders from across the political divide and stakeholders in the education sector have trained their guns on the National Assembly over its failure to allocate sufficient resources for school capitation.

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