The new school term has piled more pressure on parents who have already paid school fees twice in the last six months and are still expected to pay one more time in October, before the year ends. Parents who spoke to The Sunday Standard lamented that the one-week holiday was too short for them to mobilise resources including school fees, money to buy new uniforms and still feed their families. “I know for sure that I can’t raise all this money required by the school for fees, uniform and books. We have not changed our prices,” an attendant at school uniform outlet said. “The school expects the child to report to school with every payment completed,” Wambui said.

Source: Standard Digital July 24, 2021 18:00 UTC