The Editor
Misplaced priorities have left Kenya’s education and healthcare sectors in crisis, from delayed capitation to a troubled health insurance transition.
While housing and mega projects advance, corruption, ghost schools, and shrinking payslips deepen public frustration.
Kenya must urgently restore accountability and refocus on education and healthcare as its true national foundation.
In every serious nation, education and healthcare are not side projects....
The thread of continuity is clear: each regime enlarged the scope of free and subsidised education, but none has removed the structural fragility that turns policy into unpredictability for schools on the ground.
Facilitate public–private partnerships (PPP) where schools can work with private firms, county governments, and NGOs to finance infrastructure, ICT labs, or bursary support.
Principals deserve empathy; for...
The issue at hand is not just about budgets and numbers; it is about Kenya’s moral, constitutional, and developmental obligation to provide quality, accessible education to every child.
Parliament must revisit and restore the full capitation amount of KSh 22,244 per secondary school learner and a commensurate amount for primary school.
If the government can't fund education adequately and transparently, it...
