About 45 per cent of parents reported knowing children who stayed at home because their families could not afford the fees.
WHEN the government announced free primary education in 2003 and later extended the policy to secondary education in 2008, it was heralded as a monumental step towards educational equity.
But over two decades later, many parents like Mary Atieno are asking: “What exactly is free about free education?”
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