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Relief for parents as State cracks whip on school uniforms cartels

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A parent selects school uniforms at a shop in Mwembe Tayari, Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

School heads who will force parents to buy school uniforms from particular dealers or within the institution's premises will now be punished.

In what may come as a reprieve to parents who have for a long time complained of the high cost of uniforms, the Education Ministry has now announced to crack the whip on heads who will continue to prescribe specific uniform dealers.

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