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Face masks headache for parents as schools reopen

A Class Eight pupil during a lesson at Kaptembwa Primary School in Nakuru. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The race is on to procure masks for over 10 million school-going children. In the next two days, every primary and secondary student must have at least two masks as part of measures to ward off Covid-19, which led to the closure of learning institutions 10 months ago. 

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