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State should address loss of billions of shillings in education fund

Students

Students walk on the streets of Elburgon town in Nakuru County as they head home for the midterm break on June 21, 2025. An audit has revealed more than 50,000 'ghost' learners in secondary schools nationwide.

Photo credit: John Njoroge | Nation Media Group

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  • Kenya has been spending so much money on importing teargas for use by police during peaceful protests.
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Graft • Corruption has morphed into a deadly monster, with billions of shillings meant to fund education every year so easily “disappearing into thin air through thousands of ‘ghost’ students”, remarks James King’au. He poses: “Do the accounting officers in the Education ministry now also require the services of some ghost busters to be able to deal with this rot?” His email address is [email protected].

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