Parents might soon pay fees for their children after top officials declared that the government was unable to fund free education even as it emerged that millions of shillings have been spent on ghost schools.
On Thursday, MPs flagged schools that received up to a whopping Sh100 million as capitation last year.
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By Lewis Nyaundi