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600,000 Kenyan children out of school - Unicef

Children ferrying firewood from Kerito Tea Estate in Nyamira County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

In Kenya, the figure is more than 600,000, according to statistics by United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).

Due to the unprecedented Covid pandemic, the number is likely to be far worse. These stark figures are not by chance.

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