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Machogu promises to restore full capitation after principals' outcry

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu during the release of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results in January. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Secondary school head teachers can now breathe easy as students return to school from midterm break after the Ministry of Education revealed plans to restore Sh5000 slashed from each student's capitation funding.

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu admitted that the amount provided for the free day secondary programme of 22,244 had shrunk to about Sh17,000.

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