Education stakeholders have accused the government of violating the Constitution by failing to fully fund basic education, arguing it is abandoning poor children.
Speaking during an interview on Spice FM on Monday, July 28, Boaz Waruku, policy advisor at the Elimu Bora Working Group, noted that Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi's remarks in Parliament directly contradicted Article 53 of the Constitution, which guarantees free and compulsory basic education for every child. "What CS Mbadi did in Parliament was wrong.
He was speaking in direct contradiction to Article 53, which clearly states that every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education.
How can a Cabinet Secretary stand in Parliament and renounce that?" Waruku asked.
