New findings have shown that Kenya's commitment to providing free basic education is currently facing serious financial constraints, with the possibility of an end to free education.
Already, parents are shouldering 50 per cent of the budget for schools, and soon they could be thrust to the centre of financing their children's education after enjoying more than two decades of the late President Kibaki's Free Primary School Education, which came into effect on 6 January 2003.
These sentiments were brought to light during a media briefing session by a consortium of children's rights stakeholders held on 5 June at the Fairview Hotel, Nairobi. "Parents are already subsidising public education by contributing over 50 per cent of operational costs.
This stands in stark contrast to Kenya's constitutional promise to provide free and compulsory education," said Elijah Bonyo, Director of Policy and Advocacy, World Vision Kenya.
